S.Amdt. 2724

SA 2724. Mr. LEE (for himself and Mr. Cruz) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2019 for military activities of the
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, add the following:

SEC. 12__. REPORTS ON ALLIED CONTRIBUTIONS TO COMMON DEFENSE.

(a) Finding.--Congress finds that section 1003 of the
Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985 (Public Law 98-
525; 63 Stat. 2241)--
(1) expresses the sense of Congress that, due to threats
that are ever-changing, Congress must be informed with
respect to allied contributions to the common defense to
properly assess the readiness of the United States and allied
nations for threats beyond the global war on terror,
including near-peer threats; and
(2) requires the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress
an annual report on the contributions of allies to the common
defense.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that
the President should seek from each allied nation acceptance
of international security responsibilities and agreements to
make contributions to the common defense commensurate with
the economic resources and security environment of such
allied nation.
(c) Reports.--
(1) In general.--Not later than March 1 each year, the
Secretary, in coordination with the heads of other Federal
agencies, as the Secretary determines to be necessary, shall
submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report
containing a description of--
(A) the annual defense spending by each allied nation,
including available data on nominal budget figures and
defense spending as a percentage of the gross domestic
products of such allied nations for the fiscal year
immediately preceding the fiscal year in which the report is
submitted;
(B) the activities of each such allied nation to contribute
to military or stability operations in which the Armed Forces
of the United States are a participant;
(C) any limitations placed by any such allied nation on the
use of such contributions; and
(D) any actions undertaken by the United States or by other
countries to minimize such limitations.
(2) Form.--Each report under paragraph (1) shall be
submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified
annex.
(3) Availability.--A report submitted under paragraph (1)
shall be made available on request to any Member of Congress.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Allied nation.--The term ``allied nation'' means--
(A) each member state of the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization;
(B) Australia;
(C) Japan;
(D) South Korea;
(E) New Zealand; and
(F) each member state of the Gulf Cooperation Council.
(2) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term
``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Appropriations of the
Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives.
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