[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6570 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6570

To direct the Director of National Intelligence to submit to Congress a 
 report on the anticipated impact of altering the United States Force 
                    posture on the Korean peninsula.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 26, 2018

   Mr. Bera introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
               Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Director of National Intelligence to submit to Congress a 
 report on the anticipated impact of altering the United States Force 
                    posture on the Korean peninsula.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Maintaining Commitment on the Korean 
Peninsula Act''.

SEC. 2. REPORT ON ALTERING UNITED STATES FORCE POSTURE ON THE KOREAN 
              PENINSULA.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence, in 
consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense, 
shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the 
anticipated diplomatic, military, and intelligence impact of a 
significant reduction or complete withdrawal of United States forces 
from the Republic of Korea (South Korea), or the significant reduction 
or permanent suspension of United States exercises on or around the 
Korean peninsula.
    (b) Content.--The report required by subsection (a) shall include 
each of the following:
            (1) The views of the Governments of Japan, South Korea, and 
        other regional allies and partners regarding the significant 
        reduction or complete withdrawal of United States forces or 
        permanent suspension of exercises.
            (2) The impact that a significant force reduction or 
        permanent suspension of exercises would have on the transition 
        of operational control of United States forces on the Korean 
        peninsula.
            (3) The impact, implications, and resultant shortfalls that 
        a significant reduction or complete withdrawal of United States 
        forces or the significant reduction or permanent suspension of 
        exercises would have in countering non-North Korean actors in 
        northeast Asia, including in the areas of economics, diplomacy, 
        and defense.
            (4) The implications to the long-term security architecture 
        in East Asia of a significant reduction or complete withdrawal 
        of United States forces or a significant reduction or permanent 
        suspension of exercises.
            (5) The implications for United States and allied 
        capabilities to deter and defeat North Korean aggression in 
        cyber, conventional, chemical, and biological warfare of such a 
        significant reduction or complete withdrawal of United States 
        force or a significant reduction or permanent suspension of 
        exercises.
    (c) Appropriate Committees of Congress.--In this section, the term 
``appropriate committees of Congress'' means the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs, the Committee on Armed Services, the Permanent Select 
Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives, and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Armed Services, and 
the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.
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