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SENATE 677117th CongressRead twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Allied Burden Sharing Report Act of 2021

Last Action
3/10/2021

Actions

  • 2021-03-10Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
  • 2021-03-10Introduced in Senate

CRS Summary

As of 2021-03-10 (00)

Allied Burden Sharing Report Act of 2021

This bill directs the Department of Defense (DOD) to report to Congress on the contributions of allies to the common defense.

Specifically, DOD must report 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 (6)

  • Rand Paul (R-KY)
  • Joni Ernst (R-IA)
  • James Lankford (R-OK)
  • Josh Hawley (R-MO)
  • Bill Hagerty (R-TN)
  • John Thune (R-SD)

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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