OVERSEAS BASING ACTIVITIES.

SEC. 1301. OVERSEAS BASING ACTIVITIES. (a) Funding Reductions.—(1)(A) The total amount appropriated to the Department of Defense for operation and maintenance and for military construction (including NATO Infrastructure) that is obligated to conduct overseas basing activities during fiscal year 1993 may not exceed the amount equal to the baseline for fiscal year 1993 reduced by $500,000,000. (B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the baseline for fiscal year 1993 is the sum of the amounts of the overseas funding estimates specified for such year for Operation and Maintenance; Family Housing, Operations; Family Housing, Construction; and Military Construction (including NATO Infrastructure) set forth on page 8 of the report of the Department of Defense dated January 1992, and entitled “Amended FY 1992/FY 1993 Biennial Budget Estimates for Defense Overseas Funding and Dependent Overseas Funding”. (2) It is the sense of Congress that the amounts obligated to conduct overseas basing activities should decline significantly in fiscal years 1994, 1995, and 1996 as— (A) the number of United States military personnel stationed overseas is reduced in conformance with the provisions of section 1302 and the amendment made by section 1303; and (B) the countries to which subsection (e)(1) and (e)(2) apply assume an increased share of the costs of United States military installations in those countries. (b) Definition.—In this section, the term “overseas basing activities” means the activities of the Department of Defense for which funds are provided through appropriations for operation and maintenance, including appropriations for family housing operations, and for military construction (including family housing construction and NATO Infrastructure) for the payment of costs for Department of Defense overseas military units and the costs for all dependents who accompany Department of Defense personnel outside the United States. (c) Offsets.—Reductions for purposes of subsection (a) in obligations of appropriated funds for overseas basing activities may be offset by either or a combination of the following: (1) Increase in the level of host-nation support due to agreements reached under subsection (e) or otherwise. (2) Accelerated withdrawal of United States forces or equipment under the provisions of section 1302 and the amendment made by section 1303. (d) Allocations of Savings.—The savings realized as a result of the reductions for purposes of subsection (a) will be allocated for operation and maintenance and military construction activities 106 STAT. 2545of the Department of Defense at military installations and facilities located inside the United States. (e) Defense Burdensharing Agreements for Increased Host Nation Support.—(1) In order to achieve additional savings in fiscal year 1994 and in future fiscal years, the President should enter into a revised host-nation agreement with each foreign country described in paragraph (3)(A). (2) For purposes of paragraph (1), a revised host-nation agreement is an agreement under which such foreign country, on or before September 30, 1994— (A) assumes an increased share of the costs of United States military installations in that country, including the costs of— (i) labor, utilities, and services; (ii) military construction projects and real property maintenance; (iii) leasing requirements associated with United States military presence; and (iv) actions necessary to meet local environmental standards; (B) relieves the Armed Forces of the United States of all tax liability that, with respect to forces located in such country, is incurred by the Armed Forces under the laws of that country and the laws of the community where those forces are located; and (C) ensures that goods and services furnished in that country to the Armed Forces of the United States are provided at minimum cost and without imposition of user fees. (3)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), paragraph (1) applies with respect to— (i) each country of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (other than the United States); and (ii) each other foreign country with which the United States has a bilateral or multilateral defense agreement that provides for the assignment of combat units of the Armed Forces of the United States to permanent duty in that country or the placement of combat equipment of the United States in that country. (B) Paragraph (1) does not apply with respect to— (i) a foreign country that receives assistance under section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2673) (relating to the foreign military financing program) or under the provisions of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2346 et seq.); or (ii) a foreign country that has agreed to assume, not later than September 30, 1996, at least 75 percent of the non-personnel costs of United States military installations in that country.