PUBLIC LAW 105-261—OCT. 17, 1998 112 STAT. 2151 in the Armed Forces, shown in the aggregate and separately for officers and enlisted personnel. (2) The extent to which the use of combat support and combat service support personnel and equipment of the Armed Forces in those operations has resulted in shortages of Armed Forces personnel and equipment in other regions of the world. (3) The accounts from which funds have been drawn to pay for those operations and the specific programs for which those funds were available until diverted to pay for those operations. (4) For each such operation— (A) a statement of the vital interests of the United States that are involved in the operation or, if none, the interests of the United States that are involved in the operation and a characterization of those interests; (B) a statement of what clear and distinct objectives guide the activities of United States forces in the operation; and (C) a statement of what the President has identified on the basis of those objectives as the date, or the set of conditions, that defines the end of the operation. (b) FORM OF REPORT. — The report shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may also be submitted in a classified form if necessary. (c) MAJOR OPERATION DEFINED. — For the purposes of this section, a contingency operation or an ongoing operation is a major contingency operation or a major ongoing operation, respectively, if the operation involves the deployment of more than 500 members of the Armed Forces. SEC. 1212. SUBMISSION OF REPORT ON OBJECTIVES OF A CONTIN- GENCY OPERATION WITH REQUESTS FOR FUNDING FOR THE OPERATION. (a) FINDINGS.— Congress makes the following findings: (1) On May 3, 1994, the President issued Presidential Decision Directive 25 declaring that American participation in United Nations and other peace operations would depend in part on whether the role of United States forces is tied to clear objectives and an endpoint for United States participation can be identified. (2) Between that date and mid-1998, the President and other executive branch officials have obligated or requested appropriations of approximately $9,400,000,000 for military- related operations throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina without providing to Congress, in conjunction with the budget submission for any fiscal year, a strategic plan for such operations under the criteria set forth in that Presidential Decision Directive. (3) Between November 27, 1995, and mid-1998 the President has established three deadlines, since elapsed, for the termination of United States military-related operations throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina. (4) On December 17, 1997, the President announced that United States ground combat forces would remain in Bosnia and Herzegovina for an unknown period of time. (5) Approximately 47,880 United States military personnel (excluding personnel serving in units assigned to the Republic 59-194O-98 -11:QL3Part3
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