[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 96 (Monday, June 11, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3706]
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  SA 2724. Mr. LEE (for himself and Mr. Cruz) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2019 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 appropriate place, add the following:

     SEC. 12__. REPORTS ON ALLIED CONTRIBUTIONS TO COMMON DEFENSE.

       (a) Finding.--Congress finds that section 1003 of the 
     Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985 (Public Law 98-
     525; 63 Stat. 2241)--
       (1) expresses the sense of Congress that, due to threats 
     that are ever-changing, Congress must be informed with 
     respect to allied contributions to the common defense to 
     properly assess the readiness of the United States and allied 
     nations for threats beyond the global war on terror, 
     including near-peer threats; and
       (2) requires the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress 
     an annual report on the contributions of allies to the common 
     defense.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     the President should seek from each allied nation acceptance 
     of international security responsibilities and agreements to 
     make contributions to the common defense commensurate with 
     the economic resources and security environment of such 
     allied nation.
       (c) Reports.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than March 1 each year, the 
     Secretary, in coordination with the heads of other Federal 
     agencies, as the Secretary determines to be necessary, shall 
     submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report 
     containing a description of--
       (A) the annual defense spending by each allied nation, 
     including available data on nominal budget figures and 
     defense spending as a percentage of the gross domestic 
     products of such allied nations for the fiscal year 
     immediately preceding the fiscal year in which the report is 
     submitted;
       (B) the activities of each such allied nation to contribute 
     to military or stability operations in which the Armed Forces 
     of the United States are a participant;
       (C) any limitations placed by any such allied nation 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.
       (3) Availability.--A report submitted under paragraph (1) 
     shall be made available on request to any Member of Congress.
       (d) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Allied nation.--The term ``allied nation'' means--
       (A) each member state of the North Atlantic Treaty 
     Organization;
       (B) Australia;
       (C) Japan;
       (D) South Korea;
       (E) New Zealand; and
       (F) each member state of the Gulf Cooperation Council.
       (2) Appropriate committees of congress.--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.
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