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 112 STAT. 2156 PUBLIC LAW 105-261—OCT. 17, 1998 (2) specifically states that such provision of law modifies or supersedes the provisions of this section. (c) MATTERS NOT AFFECTED.—Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude the Department of Defense from implementing any measure to achieve efficiencies or for any other reason independent of the Kyoto Protocol. SEC. 1233. DEFENSE BURDENSHARING. Effective date. (a) REVISED GOALS FOR EFFORTS TO INCREASE ALLIED BURDENSHARING.— Effective October 1, 1998, subsection (a) of section 1221 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 105-85; 111 Stat. 1935; 22 U.S.C. 1928 note) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2), by striking out "September 30, 1998" and inserting in lieu thereof "September 30, 1999"; (2) in paragraph (3)— (A) by striking out "economic" and all that follows through "rights" and inserting in lieu thereof "governmental accountability and transparency, economic stabilization and development, defense economic conversion, respect for the rule of law and internationaly recognized human rights, and humanitarian relief efforts)"; and (B) by striking out "at least to a level commensurate to that of the United States by September 30, 1998" and inserting in lieu thereof "to provide such foreign assistance at an annual rate that is not less than one percent of its gross domestic product, by September 30, 1999"; and (3) in paragraph (4>—- (A) by striking out "amount of; (B) by striking out ", or would be prepared to contribute," and inserting in lieu thereof "or has pledged to contribute"; and (C) by inserting before the period at the end the following: "by 10 percent by September 30, 1999". (b) REVISED REQUIREMENT FOR REPORT ON PROGRESS IN INCREASING ALLIED BURDENSHARING.— Subsection (c) of such section is amended— (1) by striking out "March 1, 1998" in the matter preceding paragraph (1) and inserting in lieu thereof "March 1, 1999"; and (2) in paragraph (3), by striking out "March 1, 1996" and all that follows through the semicolon and inserting in lieu thereof "October 1, 1996, and ending on September 30, 1997, and during the period beginning on October 1, 1997, and ending on September 30, 1998, or, in the case of any nation for which the data for such periods is inadequate, the difference between the amounts for the latest periods for which adequate data is available;". (c) EXTENSION OF DEADLINE FOR REPORT REGARDING NATIONAL SECURITY BASES FOR FORWARD DEPLOYMENT AND BURDENSHARING RELATIONSHIPS.—Subsection (d)(2) of such section is amended by striking out "March 1, 1998" and inserting in lieu thereof "March 1, 1999". SEC. 1234. TRANSFER OF EXCESS UH-1 HUEY AND AH-1 COBRA HELI- COPTERS TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES. (a) IN GENERAL. — Chapter 153 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

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