PUBLIC LAW 104-201—SEPT. 23, 1996 110 STAT. 2673 (2) An agreement for the exchange of personnel engaged in research and development activities may provide for assignment of Department of Defense personnel to positions in private industry that support the defense ministry of the host foreign government. (3) An individual may not be assigned to a position pursuant to an international defense personnel exchange agreement unless the assignment is acceptable to both governments. (c) RECIPROCITY OF PERSONNEL QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED. — Each government shall be required under an international defense personnel exchange agreement to provide personnel with qualifications, training, and skills that are essentially equal to those of the personnel provided by the other government. (d) PAYMENT OF PERSONNEL COSTS. —(1) Each government shall pay the salary, per diem, cost of living, travel costs, cost of language or other training, and other costs for its own personnel in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations of such government. (2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to the following costs: (A) The cost of temporary duty directed by the host government. (B) The cost of training programs conducted to familiarize, orient, or certify exchanged personnel regarding unique aspects of the assignments of the exchanged personnel. (C) Costs incident to the use of the facilities of the host government in the performance of assigned duties. (e) PROHIBITED CONDITIONS.—No personnel exchanged pursuant to an agreement under this section may take or be required to take an oath of allegiance to the host country or to hold an official capacity in the government of such country. (f) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER AUTHORITY.— The requirements in subsections (c) and (d) shall apply in the exercise of any authority of the Secretaries of the military departments to enter into an agreement with the government of a foreign country to provide for the exchange of members of the armed forces and military personnel of the foreign country. The Secretary of Defense may prescribe regulations for the application of such subsections in the exercise of such authority. SEC. 1083. SENSE OF SENATE REGARDING BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA- It is the sense of the Senate that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, in order to maximize the amount of equipment provided to the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina under the authority contained in section 540 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1996 (Public Law 104-107; 110 Stat. 737), the price of the transferred equipment shall not exceed the lowest level at which the same or similar equipment has been transferred to any other country under any other United States Government program. SEC. 1084. DEFENSE BURDENSHARING. President. 22 USC 1928 (a) EFFORTS TO INCREASE ALLIED BURDENSHARING. —The Presi- note, dent shall seek to have each nation that has cooperative military relations with the United States (including security agreements, basing arrangements, or mutual participation in multinational military organizations or operations) take one or more of the following actions: (1) Increase its financial contributions to the payment of the nonpersonnel costs incurred by the United States Government for stationing United States military personnel in that
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