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107 STAT. 1822 PUBLIC LAW 103-160—NOV. 30, 1993 States from and against any suit, claim, demand, action, or liability arising out of any claim for personal ipjuiy or property damage that may result from or in connection with the aemonstration project. (0 REPORT.— Not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report evaluating the success of the demonstration project and containing such recommendations with regard to the termination, continuation, or expansion of the demonstration project as the Secretary considers to be appropriate. NATO. United Nations. TITLE XIV—MATTERS RELATING TO ALLIES AND OTHER NATIONS Subtitle A—Defense Burden Sharing SEC. 1401. DEFENSE BURDENS AND RESPONSIBILrnES. (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: (1) Since fiscal year 1985, the budget of the Department of Defense has declined by 34 percent in constant fiscal year 1985 dollars. (2) During the past few years, the United States military presence overseas has declined significantly in the following ways: (A) Since fiscal year 1986, the number of United States military personnel permanently stationed overseas has declined by almost 200,000. (B) From fiscal year 1989 to fiscal year 1994, spending by the United States to support the stationing of United States military forces overseas will have dechned by 36 percent. (C) Since January 1990, the Department of Defense has annoimced the closure, reduction, or transfer to standby status of 840 United States military facilities overseas, which is approximately a 50 percent reduction in the number of such facilities. (3) The United States military presence overseas will continue to decline as a result of actions by the executive branch and as a result of the following provisions of law: (A) Section 1302 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993, which requires a 40 percent reduction by September 30, 1996, in the number of United States military personnel permanently stationed ashore in overseas locations. (B) Section 1303 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993, which provides that no more than 100,000 United States military personnel may be permanently stationed ashore in NATO member countries after September 30, 1996. (C) Section 1301 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993, which reduced the spending proposed by the Department of Defense for overseas basing activities during fiscal year 1993 by $500,000,000. (D) Sections 913 and 915 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991, which