[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2788 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2788

    To provide that if a member nation of the North Atlantic Treaty 
 Organization of Japan does not agree, by the end of fiscal year 1997, 
to assume the full nonpersonnel costs of United States military forces 
 permanently stationed ashore in that country, all such United States 
 forces assigned in that country shall be withdrawn not later than the 
                        end of fiscal year 1999.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 15, 1995

  Mr. Frank of Massachusetts introduced the following bill; which was 
          referred to the Committee on International Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
    To provide that if a member nation of the North Atlantic Treaty 
 Organization of Japan does not agree, by the end of fiscal year 1997, 
to assume the full nonpersonnel costs of United States military forces 
 permanently stationed ashore in that country, all such United States 
 forces assigned in that country shall be withdrawn not later than the 
                        end of fiscal year 1999.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REQUIREMENT FOR TROOP WITHDRAWALS FROM NATO COUNTRIES AND 
              JAPAN SUBJECT TO REVISED HOST-NATION AGREEMENTS.

    (a) Burdensharing Agreements.--(1) As soon as practicable after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the President should enter into 
negotiations for purposes of revising the host-nation agreement with 
each foreign country described in paragraph (2). A revised host-nation 
agreement is an agreement under which the foreign country agrees to 
assume, beginning on or before September 30, 1997, all costs incurred 
by the United States related to the presence of all United States 
military personnel stationed in the country. The agreement shall 
provide for the assumption of such costs over the one-year period 
beginning on October 1, 1996, and ending on September 30, 1997.
    (2) Paragraph (1) applies with respect to--
            (A) each country of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
        (other than the United States); and
            (B) Japan.
    (b) Troop Withdrawal.--If a revised host-nation agreement described 
in subsection (a) is not entered into by September 30, 1997, in a 
country to which subsection (a) applies, the President shall order the 
withdrawal of all United States Armed Forces assigned to permanent duty 
ashore in that country. The President may provide for the phased-in 
withdrawal of such forces over the two-year period beginning on October 
1, 1997, and ending on September 30, 1999.
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