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HCONRES 37 102th Congress House International Affairs Armed forces abroad Cost of war Defense budgets Defense burdensharing Income tax Iraq Kuwait Military intervention Military occupation Persian Gulf Saudi Arabia Tax rates

To express the sense of the Congress regarding the financial costs of military operations in the Persian Gulf region.

Introduced: January 15, 1991 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 8 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
Feb 1, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear Systems.
Feb 1, 1991
Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
Jan 31, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Arms Control, International Security and Science.
Jan 31, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.
Jan 15, 1991
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jan 15, 1991
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Jan 15, 1991
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Jan 15, 1991
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the financial costs of Operation Desert Shield should be equitably shared by U.S. allies; and (2) to cover such financial costs to the United States not covered by the allies, first, reductions should be made in military expenditures, and, for any remaining costs, a surtax should be imposed on high-income taxpayers.

What's happening now February 1, 1991

Referred to the Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear Systems.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Independent 1
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Feb 4, 1991
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 37: To express the sense of the Congress regarding the financial costs of military operations in the Persian Gulf region.. 102nd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HCONRES-37/
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"H. Con. Res. 37: To express the sense of the Congress regarding the financial costs of military operations in the Persian Gulf region.." 102nd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HCONRES-37/.
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H. Con. Res. 37, 102nd Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HCONRES-37/.
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