[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4985-S4986]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2678. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2025 for military activities of the Department

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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 C of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1239. REPORT ON ALLIED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE 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 the 
     countries described in subsection (c)(2) for 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--
       (1) the threats facing the United States--
       (A) include near-peer threats; and
       (B) require the United States to prioritize military assets 
     and resources in accordance with the most recent National 
     Defense Strategy;
       (2) the United States should not continue to shoulder a 
     disproportionate share of the burden for European security 
     while current and prospective members of the North Atlantic 
     Treaty Organization neglect to meet defense spending 
     guidelines; and
       (3) the President should seek from each member country of 
     the North Atlantic Treaty Organization acceptance of 
     international security responsibilities and agreements to 
     make contributions to the common defense in accordance with 
     the collective defense treaty to which such country is a 
     party.
       (c) Reports on Allied Contributions to the Common 
     Defense.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than March 1 each year, the 
     Secretary of Defense, 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 country described 
     in paragraph (2), including available data on nominal budget 
     figures and defense spending as a percentage of the gross 
     domestic products of each such country 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 or may be called upon in 
     accordance with a cooperative defense agreement to which the 
     United States is a party;
       (C) any limitations placed by any such country on the use 
     of such contributions;
       (D) any actions undertaken by the United States or by other 
     countries to minimize such limitations; and
       (E) with respect to each such country--
       (i) the contributions made by the country to Ukraine, 
     including an indication of whether such contributions relate 
     to hard or soft power;
       (ii) an assessment of the health of the defense industrial 
     base of the country;
       (iii) the comparative advantages of the defense industrial 
     base of the country;
       (iv) the size and structure of the military forces of the 
     country, including an estimate of the amount of time required 
     for such forces to achieve full military mobilization;
       (v) any area in which the country would be fully dependent 
     on allied military assets;
       (vi) any delivery received or contract entered into by the 
     country through the Foreign Military Sales or the Foreign 
     Military Financing program during the preceding year;
       (vii) any change in defense spending during the preceding 
     year; and
       (viii) the amount defense spending anticipated in the 
     subsequent year.
       (2) Countries described.--The countries described in this 
     paragraph are the following:
       (A) Each member country of the North Atlantic Treaty 
     Organization.
       (B) Each country participating in a North Atlantic Treaty 
     Organization Membership Action Plan.
       (3) Form.--Each report under paragraph (1) shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified 
     annex.
       (4) Availability.--A report submitted under paragraph (1) 
     shall be made available on request to any Member of Congress.
       (d) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
     Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives.
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