CLARIFICATION AND CODIFICATION OF OVERSEAS MILITARY END STRENGTH LIMITATION.

SEC. 1312. CLARIFICATION AND CODIFICATION OF OVERSEAS MILITARY END STRENGTH LIMITATION. (a) In General.— (1) Chapter 3 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 123a the following new section: “§ 123b. Forces stationed abroad: limitation on number “(a) End-Strength Limitation.— No funds appropriated to the Department of Defense may be used to support a strength level of members of the armed forces assigned to permanent duty ashore in nations outside the United States at the end of any fiscal year at a level in excess of 203,000. “(b) Exception for Wartime.— Subsection (a) does not apply in the event of a declaration of war or an armed attack on any member nation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Japan, the Republic of Korea, or any other ally of the United States. “(c) Presidential Waiver.— The President may waive the operation of subsection (a) if the President declares an emergency. The President shall immediately notify Congress of any such waiver.”. (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: “123b. Forces stationed abroad: limitation on number.”. (b) Effective Date.— Section 123b of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), does not apply with respect to a fiscal year before fiscal year 1996. (c) Conforming Repeal.— Section 1302 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (Public Law 102–484; 106 Stat. 2545) is repealed.