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Allied Burden Sharing Report Act of 2019

Introduced: April 2, 2019 Introduced by: Lee, Mike Republican · Utah See on congress.gov
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Apr 2, 2019
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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.

What's happening now April 2, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2047 Identical bill Allied Burden Sharing Report Act of 2019
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Paul, Rand
Kentucky · Apr 2, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 985: Allied Burden Sharing Report Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-985/
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"S. 985: Allied Burden Sharing Report Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-985/.
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S. 985, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-985/.
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