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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 6096
5	5	To require annual reports on allied contributions to the common defense,
6	6	and for other purposes.
7	7	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8	8	OCTOBER26, 2023
9	9	Mr. M
10	10	OONEY(for himself, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. BISHOPof North Carolina, Mr.
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12	12	EBERof Texas, and Mr. BIGGS) introduced the following bill; which
13	13	was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
14	14	A BILL
15	15	To require annual reports on allied contributions to the
16	16	common defense, and for other purposes.
17	17	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
18	18	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
19	19	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
20	20	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Allied Burden Sharing 4
21	21	Report Act of 2023’’. 5
22	22	SEC. 2. FINDING; SENSE OF CONGRESS. 6
23	23	(a) F
24	24	INDING.—Congress finds that section 1003 of 7
25	25	the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985 (Pub-8
26	26	lic Law 98–525; 63 Stat. 2241)— 9
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30	30	(1) expresses the sense of Congress that, due to 1
31	31	threats that are ever-changing, Congress must be in-2
32	32	formed with respect to allied contributions to the 3
33	33	common defense to properly assess the readiness of 4
34	34	the United States and the countries described in sec-5
35	35	tion 3(b) for threats; and 6
36	36	(2) requires the Secretary to submit to Con-7
37	37	gress an annual report on the contributions of allies 8
38	38	to the common defense. 9
39	39	(b) S
40	40	ENSE OFCONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-10
41	41	gress that— 11
42	42	(1) the threats facing the United States— 12
43	43	(A) extend beyond the global war on ter-13
44	44	ror; and 14
45	45	(B) include near-peer threats; and 15
46	46	(2) the President should seek from each coun-16
47	47	try described in section 3(b) acceptance of inter-17
48	48	national security responsibilities and agreements to 18
49	49	make contributions to the common defense in ac-19
50	50	cordance with the collective defense agreements or 20
51	51	treaties to which such country is a party. 21
52	52	SEC. 3. REPORTS ON ALLIED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE 22
53	53	COMMON DEFENSE. 23
54	54	(a) I
55	55	NGENERAL.—Not later than March 1 each year, 24
56	56	the Secretary, in coordination with the heads of other Fed-25
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60	60	eral agencies, as the Secretary determines to be necessary, 1
61	61	shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress 2
62	62	a report containing a description of— 3
63	63	(1) the annual defense spending by each coun-4
64	64	try described in subsection (b), including available 5
65	65	data on nominal budget figures and defense spend-6
66	66	ing as a percentage of the gross domestic products 7
67	67	of each such country for the fiscal year immediately 8
68	68	preceding the fiscal year in which the report is sub-9
69	69	mitted; 10
70	70	(2) the activities of each such country to con-11
71	71	tribute to military or stability operations in which 12
72	72	the Armed Forces of the United States are a partici-13
73	73	pant or may be called upon in accordance with a co-14
74	74	operative defense agreement to which the United 15
75	75	States is a party; 16
76	76	(3) any limitations placed by any such country 17
77	77	on the use of such contributions; and 18
78	78	(4) any actions undertaken by the United 19
79	79	States or by other countries to minimize such limita-20
80	80	tions. 21
81	81	(b) C
82	82	OUNTRIESDESCRIBED.—The countries de-22
83	83	scribed in this subsection are the following: 23
84	84	(1) Each member State of the North Atlantic 24
85	85	Treaty Organization. 25
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89	89	(2) Each member State of the Gulf Cooperation 1
90	90	Council. 2
91	91	(3) Each country party to the Inter-American 3
92	92	Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (Rio Treaty), done 4
93	93	at Rio de Janeiro September 2, 1947, and entered 5
94	94	into force December 3, 1948 (TIAS 1838). 6
95	95	(4) Australia. 7
96	96	(5) Japan. 8
97	97	(6) New Zealand. 9
98	98	(7) The Philippines. 10
99	99	(8) South Korea. 11
100	100	(9) Thailand. 12
101	101	(c) F
102	102	ORM.—Each report under subsection (a) shall 13
103	103	be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a clas-14
104	104	sified annex. 15
105	105	(d) A
106	106	VAILABILITY.—A report submitted under sub-16
107	107	section (a) shall be made available on request to any Mem-17
108	108	ber of Congress. 18
109	109	SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 19
110	110	In this Act: 20
111	111	(1) A
112	112	PPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON -21
113	113	GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-22
114	114	gress’’ means— 23
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118	118	(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 1
119	119	Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Com-2
120	120	mittee on Appropriations of the Senate; and 3
121	121	(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 4
122	122	Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Com-5
123	123	mittee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-6
124	124	resentatives. 7
125	125	(2) S
126	126	ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 8
127	127	the Secretary of Defense. 9
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