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 112 STAT. 2681-839 PUBLIC LAW 105-277—OCT. 21, 1998 (A) an entity or entities, other than the General Accounting Office, defined in section 105 of title 5, United States Code; and (B) the Executive Office of the President (except as provided in subsection (e)). (3) INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE.—The term "international conference" means any meeting held under the auspices of an international organization or foreign government, at which representatives of more than two foreign governments are expected to be in attendance, and to which United States Executive branch agencies will send a total of ten or more representatives. (g) REPORT.— Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report describing— (1) the total Federal expenditure of all official international travel in each Executive branch agency during the previous fiscal year; and (2) the total number of individuals in each agency who engaged in such travel. TITLE XXVI—UNITED STATES ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT AGENCY SEC. 2601. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the purposes of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act $41,500,000 for the fiscal year 1999. SEC. 2602. STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION. Section 303 of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act (22 U.S.C. 2573), as redesignated by section 2223 of this division, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(c) STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.— Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to authorize any policy or action by any Government agency which would interfere with, restrict, or prohibit the acquisition, possession, or use of firearms by an individual for the lawful purpose of personal defense, sport, recreation, education, or training.". European TITLE XXVII—EUROPEAN SECURITY ACT OF 1998 Security Act of ^^^x^;,^ SEC. 2701. SHORT TITLE. 22 USC 1928 note. This title may be cited as the "European Security Act of 1998". SEC. 2702. STATEMENT OF POLICY. (a) POLICY WITH RESPECT TO NATO ENLARGEMENT. — Congress urges the President to outline a clear and complete strategic rationale for the enlargement of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and declares that— (1) Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic should not be the last emerging democracies in Central and Eastern Europe invited to join NATO; (2) the United States should ensure that NATO continues a process whereby all other emerging democracies in Central and Eastern Europe that wish to join NATO will be considered

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