114 STAT. 1654A-326 PUBLIC LAW 106-398 —APPENDIX "Not later than April 1 each year (but subject to subsection (e)),"; (2) in subsection (b), by striking "The report" in the matter preceding paragraph (1) and inserting "Each report"; (3) in subsection (d), by striking "the report" and inserting "a report"; and (4) by adding at the end the following new subsection: " (e) TERMINATION WHEN UNITED STATES MILITARY OPERATIONS END. —(1) No report is required under this section after United States military operations in the Balkans region have ended. "(2) After the requirement for an annual report under this section is terminated by operation of paragraph (1), but not later than the latest date on which the next annual report under this section would, except for paragraph (1), otherwise be due, the Secretary of Defense shall transmit to Congress a notification of the termination of the reporting requirement.". SEC. 1212. SITUATION IN THE BALKANS. (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF NATO BENCHMARKS FOR WITHDRAWAL OF FORCES FROM KOSOVO. —The President shall develop, not later than May 31, 2001, militarily significant benchmarks for conditions that would achieve a sustainable peace in Kosovo and ultimately allow for the withdrawal of the United States military presence in Kosovo. Congress urges the President to seek concurrence among member nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in the development of those benchmarks. (b) COMPREHENSIVE POLITICAL-MILITARY STRATEGY. — (1) The President— (A) shall develop a comprehensive political-military strategy for addressing the political, economic, humanitarian, and military issues in the Balkans; and (B) shall establish near-term, mid-term, and long-term objectives in the region. (2) In developing that strategy and those objectives, the President shall take into consideration— (A) the benchmarks relating to Kosovo developed as described in subsection (a); and (B) the benchmarks relating to Bosnia that were detailed in the report accompanying the certification by the President to Congress on March 3, 1998 (printed as House Document 105-223), with respect to the continued presence of United States Armed Forces, after June 30, 1998, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, submitted to Congress pursuant to section 7 of title I of the 1998 Supplemental Appropriations and Rescissions Act (Public Law 105-174; 112 Stat. 63). (3) That strategy and those objectives shall be developed in consultation with appropriate regional and international entities. (c) SEMIANNUAL REPORT ON BENCHMARKS. — Not later than June 30, 2001, and every six months thereafter, the President shall submit to Congress a report on the progress made in achieving the benchmarks developed pursuant to subsection (a). The President may submit a single report covering these benchmarks and the benchmarks relating to Bosnia referred to in subsection (b)(2)(B). (d) SEMIANNUAL REPORT ON COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY. —Not later than June 30, 2001, and every six months thereafter so long as United States forces are in the Balkans, the President shall submit to Congress a report on the progress being made
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