[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 127 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4466-S4467]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 464. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 
to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018 
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 end of subtitle F of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. ___. ANNUAL REPORTS ON ALLIED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE 
                   COMMON DEFENSE.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     the President should seek from each ally or partner country 
     of the United States acceptance of international security 
     responsibilities and agreements to make contributions to the 
     common defense commensurate with the economic resources and 
     security environment of such country.
       (b) Reports.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than March 1, 2018, and annually 
     thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
     appropriate committees of Congress a report containing a 
     description of--
       (A) the annual defense spending by each ally or partner 
     country of the United States, including available data on 
     nominal budget figures and defense spending as a percentage 
     of such country's gross domestic product for the fiscal year 
     immediately preceding the fiscal year in which the report is 
     submitted;
       (B) the activities of each such country to contribute to 
     military or stability operations in which the Armed Forces of 
     the United States are a participant;

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       (C) any limitations placed by any such country 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.
       (c) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) 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.
       (2) The term ``ally'' includes the following:
       (A) Any signatory of a mutual defense treaty with the 
     United States.
       (B) Any country designated as a ``major non-NATO ally'' 
     under section 2350a of title 10, United States Code, or 
     pursuant to section 517 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
     (22 U.S.C. 2321k).
       (C) Any other ally or partner with a security memorandum of 
     understanding or other security arrangement with the United 
     States.
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