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<title>United States and Republic of Korea Alliance Support Act</title>
<summary summary-id="id116hr889v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2020-03-24">
<action-date>2019-01-30</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><strong>United States and Republic of Korea Alliance Support Act</strong></p> <p>This bill prohibits the Department of Defense (DOD) from reducing below 22,000 the number of active-duty servicemembers deployed to South Korea unless DOD makes specified certifications, including that such a reduction is in the interest of&nbsp;national security. </p>]]></summary-text>
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<dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
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