AUTHORIZED END STRENGTH FOR MILITARY PERSONNEL IN EUROPE.

SEC. 1303. AUTHORIZED END STRENGTH FOR MILITARY PERSONNEL IN EUROPE. (a) End Strength.— Paragraph (1) of section 1002(c) of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985 (22 U.S.C. 1928 note), is amended to read as follows: “(1) The end strength level of members of the Armed Forces of the United States assigned to permanent duty ashore in European member nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization may not exceed a permanent ceiling of approximately 100,000 in any fiscal year.”. (b) Exclusion of Certain Island-Based Troops in Calculation of Authorized End Strength.— Such section is further amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(3) For purposes of this subsection, members of the Armed Forces of the United States assigned to permanent duty ashore 108 STAT. 2890in Iceland, Greenland, and the Azores are excluded in calculating the end strength level of members of the Armed Forces assigned to permanent duty ashore in European member nations of NATO.”. (c) Conforming Amendment.— Section 1303 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (Public Law 102–484; 106 Stat. 2546) is repealed. (d) Effective Date.— The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 1995.