ALLIED SHARE OF INSTALLATIONS COSTS.

SEC. 1304. ALLIED SHARE OF INSTALLATIONS COSTS. (a) Goal for Allied Contributions.— In continuing efforts to enter into revised host-nation agreements as described in section 1301(e) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (Public Law 102–184; 106 Stat. 2545) and section 1401(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 (Public Law 103–160; 107 Stat. 1824), the President shall seek to have European member nations of NATO assume an increased share of the nonpersonnel costs for United States military installations in those nations so that by September 30, 1996, those nations have assumed 37.5 percent of such costs. (b) Definitions.— For purposes of this section: (1) The term “nonpersonnel costs”, with respect to United States military installations in European member nations of NATO, means costs for those installations other than costs paid from military personnel accounts. (2) The term “contributions”, with respect to the share of such nonpersonnel costs assumed by the European member nations of NATO, means those cash and in-kind contributions made by such nations that replace expenditures that would otherwise be made by the Secretary using funds appropriated or otherwise made available in defense appropriations Acts.