Allied Burden Sharing Report Act of 2019
- Last Action
- 4/26/2019
Actions
- 2019-04-26Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, Energy and the Environment.
- 2019-04-03Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
- 2019-04-03Introduced in House
- 2019-04-03Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2019-04-03 (00)
Allied Burden Sharing Report Act of 2019
This bill directs the Department of Defense to report to Congress on (1) the defense spending and military activities of certain countries with cooperative defense agreements with the United States, (2) whether a country places limits on the use of funds contributed to the common defense, and (3) any U.S. actions to minimize such limitations.
The report shall cover each North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member state, each Gulf Cooperation Council member state, each country party to the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (Rio Treaty), and other specified countries.
Cosponsors (1)
- Mike Kelly (R-PA)
Subjects
- Alliances
- Argentina
- Asia
- Australia
- Bahamas
- Brazil
- Caribbean area
- Chile
- Collective security
- Colombia
- Congressional oversight
- Costa Rica
- Defense spending
- Dominican Republic
- El Salvador
- Europe
- Guatemala
- Haiti
- Honduras
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