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 104 STAT. 1902 PUBLIC LAW 101-511—NOV. 5, 1990 10 USC 113 note. SEC. 8105. CONTRIBUTIONS BY JAPAN TO THE SUPPORT OF UNITED STATES FORCES IN JAPAN. — (a) PERMANENT CEILING ON UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES IN JAPAN. —After September 30, 1990, funds appropriated pursuant to an appropriation contained in this Act or any subsequent Act may not be used to support an end strength level of all personnel of the Armed Forces of the United States stationed in Japan at any level in excess of 50,000. 03) ANNUAL REDUCTION IN CEILING UNLESS SUPPORT FURNISHED. — Unless the President certifies to Congress before the end of each fiscal year that Japan has agreed to offset for that fiscal year the direct costs incurred by the United States related to the presence of all United States military personnel in Japan, excluding the military personnel title costs, the end strength level for that fiscal year of all personnel of the Armed Forces of the United States stationed in Japan may not exceed the number that is 5,000 less than such end strength level for the preceding fiscal year. (c) SENSE OF CONGRESS. — It is the sense of Congress that all those countries that share the benefits of international security and stability should share in the responsibility for that stability and security commensurate with their national capabilities. The Congress also recognizes that Japan has made a substantial pledge of financial support to the effort to support the United Nations Security Council resolutions on Iraq. The Congress also recognizes that Japan has a greater economic capability to contribute to international security and stability than any other member of the international community and wishes to encourage Japan to contribute commensurate with that capability. (d) EXCEPTIONS. —(1) This section shall not apply in the event of a declaration of war or an armed attack on Japan. (2) The President may waive the limitation in this section for any fiscal year if he declares that it is in the national interest to do so and immeditely informs Congress of the waiver and the reasons for the waiver. (e) EFFECTIVE DATE. —T h is section shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act. SEC. 8106. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Operation and Maintenance accounts and revolving and management funds shall be reduced by $400,000,000 to reduce inapplicable inventories. SEC. 8107. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available in this Act may be used to transport or provide for the transportation of chemical munitions to the Johnston Atoll for the purpose of storing or demilitarizing such munitions. 0?) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to: (1) any chemical munition withdrawn from the Federal Republic of Germany under a European retrograde program; or (2) any obsolete World War II chemical munition of the United States found in the World War II Pacific Theater of Operations. (c) The provisions of subsection 0))(1) shall not be construed to supersede or otherwise affect the decision of any court relating to the authority of the President or Secretary of Defense under any other law to transport chemical munitions to Johnston Atoll for demilitarization or to store or use Johnston Atoll for the demilitarization or storage of chemical munitions withdrawn from the

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