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 106 STAT. 2548 PUBLIC LAW 102-484—OCT. 23, 1992 (B) by inserting "with other member countries of the Nortii Atlantic Treaty Organization and subsidiary bodies of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization" after "(before, the computation ofoffsetting balances)"; and (4) in suDsection (b)(2)— (A) by strikinjB^ out "in the military region affecting a country referrecTto in paragraph (1) and inserting in lieu thereof "involving the armed forces"; and (B) by striking out "from such country (before the computation of offsetting balances)" and inserting in lieu thereof "(before the computation of offsetting balances) with a country which is not a member of the North Atlantic Treaty (organization, but with which the United States has one or more acquisition or cross-servicing agreements". 10 USC 2341 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section note. shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act and shall apply to acquisitions of logistics support, supplies, and services under chapter 138 of title 10, United States Code, that are initiated on or after the date of enactment of this Act. SEC. 1313. AUTHORITY FOR GOVERNMENT OF OMAN TO RECEIVE EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES. Section 516(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j(a)) is amended— (1) by inserting "(1)" after "may transfer"; (2) by striking "structure and" and inserting "structure, (2)"; (3) by inserting "and (3) to those countries which, as of October 1, 1990, contributed armed forces to deter Iraqi aggression in the Arabian Gulf, and which either received Foreign Military Financing (FMF) assistance in fiscal year 1990 or are in the Near East Region and received Foreign Military Financing (FMF) assistance in fiscal year 1991," adrter "southeastern flank of NATO which are eligible for United States security assistance,"; and (4) by striking "and those co'mtries which received Foreign Military Financing (FMF) assistance in fiscal year 1990 and which, as of October 1, 1990, contributed armed forces to deter Iraqi aggression in the Arabian Gulf,". SEC. 1314. REPORT ON POSSIBLE REVISIONS TO THE NORTH ATLAN- TIC TREATY. (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that^- (1) when the North Atlantic Treaty was signed in 1949, the clecu: military threat to the security of Western Europe was the Soviet Union and its allies in Eastern Europe; (2) since 1949 it has been clearly understood by thepeople of the Western World that the primary mission of NATO was to deter an atteck from the Soviet Bloc; (3) the dramatic changes in Europe since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, and the subsequent dissolution of the Warsaw Pact and the Soviet Union have fundamentally changed the security situation in Europe; (4) one of the consequences of the breakdown of 40 years of Commimist rule in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union has been ethnic conflict throughout the region, particularly in the Balkans and the Republics of the former Soviet Union;

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