3.0.0 4016 2023-01-11T13:46:12Z 2023-01-11T13:46:12Z Senate S 2020-06-18 116 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-06-18T19:43:41Z Maintaining United States National Security Interests in Europe Act 116 7246 HR 2020-06-18 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Related bill CRS 2020-06-18 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2020-06-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ N C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2020-06-25 False International Affairs Alliances Collective security Congressional oversight Defense spending Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Europe Foreign aid and international relief Germany International law and treaties International organizations and cooperation Military assistance, sales, and agreements Military facilities and property Military operations and strategy Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents Russia International Affairs 00 2020-06-18 Introduced in Senate 2020-09-11T18:12:57Z Maintaining United States National Security Interests in Europe Act

This bill requires the President to take certain actions before reducing the overall presence of the Armed Forces in Europe, such as by withdrawing Armed Forces or Department of Defense personnel or closing a U.S. military base in Europe. The bill also contains other related provisions.

Generally, no later than 180 days before taking an action to reduce the U.S. presence in Europe, the President shall report to Congress (1) a justification for the action, (2) the scope and description of the reduction, (3) an explanation of the action's national security benefit, and (4) a plan to offset the reduction in conventional deterrence against Russian aggression stemming from the action. This requirement shall not apply if (1) a country hosting the U.S. forces requests the reduction in writing, or (2) Congress passes a joint resolution or act expressly authorizing the reduction.

The President shall report to Congress a detailed account of the decisionmaking process behind the decision to withdraw Armed Forces members from Germany that was announced on June 15, 2020.

]]> Maintaining United States National Security Interests in Europe Act Display Title Maintaining United States National Security Interests in Europe Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Maintaining United States National Security Interests in Europe Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to reiterate the support of Congress for the relationship between the United States and the Federal Republic of Germany, to prevent the weakening of the deterrence capacity of the United States in Europe, to prohibit use of funds to withdraw the United States Armed Forces from Europe, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4016is/xml/BILLS-116s4016is.xml 2020-06-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.