HCONRES 12
98th Congress
House
International Affairs
Collective security agreements
Japan
Treaties
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the President of the United States should seek to negotiate an agreement with the Government of Japan, whereby that nation would pay an annual security tax to the United States Government equal to 2 per centum of Japan's annual gross national product, to more equitably compensate the United States for expenditures related to carrying out the provisions of the United States/Japanese Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security, and for the security of the free world.
Introduced: January 3, 1983
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 4, 1983
Referred to Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs.
Feb 4, 1983
Referred to Subcommittee on International Security and Scientific Affairs.
Jan 3, 1983
Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Jan 3, 1983
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should negotiate an agreement with Japan providing that Japan pay the United States an annual security tax equal to two percent of Japan's gross national product, in order to compensate the United States for expenditures made pursuant to the United States/Japanese Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security.
What's happening now
Referred to Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
3
Cosponsors
1