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 112 STAT. 64 PUBLIC LAW 105-174—MAY 1, 1998 (3) a process for NATO to review progress toward achieving the benchmarks. President. (b) The President shall submit to Congress— Reports. (1) not later than June 30, 1998, a report on efforts to gain agreement on arrangements described in subsection (a), and such report should include an explanation of the Administration's view of whether it would promote United States interests to adopt firm schedules or deadlines for achieving such benchmarks; and (2) semiannually after that report, so long as United States ground combat forces continue to participate in the Stabilization Force for Bosnia (SFOR), a report on the progress made toward achieving the benchmarks referred to in subsection (a)(1), including any developments which may affect the ability of the relevant parties to achieve the benchmarks in a timely manner. (c) The Congress urges the President to ensure that efforts to meet the estimated target dates described in this section do not jeopardize the safety of United States Armed Forces in Bosnia. (d) The enactment of this section does not reflect approval or disapproval of the benchmarks submitted by the President in the certification to Congress transmitted on March 3, 1998. SEC. 8. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the case of a person who is selected for training in a State program conducted under the National Guard Challenge Program and who obtains a general education diploma in connection with such training, the general education diploma shall be treated as equivalent to a high school diploma for purposes of determining the eligibility of the person for enlistment in the Armed Forces. SEC. 9. In addition to the amounts provided in Public Law 105-56, $179,000,000 is appropriated under the heading "Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide": Provided, That the additional amount shall be made available for enhancements to selected theater missile defense programs to counter enhanced ballistic missile threats: Provided further, That of the additional amount appropriated, $45,000,000 shall be made available only for the purpose of adjusting the cost-share of the parties under the Agreement between the Department of Defense and the Ministry of Defence of Israel for the Arrow Deployability Program: Provided further, That of the additional amount appropriated, $38,000,000 shall be made available only for the Sea-Based Wide Area Defense (Navy Upper-Tier) Program: Provided further. That the entire amount shall be available only to the extent that an official budget request for $179,000,000, that includes designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balsmced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided further. That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act. SEC. 10. (a)(1) The Secretary of Defense may enter into a lease or acquire any other interest in the parcels of land described in paragraph (2). The parcels consist in aggregate of approximately 90 acres. (2) The parcels of land referred to in paragraph (1) are the following land used for the commercial production of cranberries:

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