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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…

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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 See on congress.gov

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Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

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

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 February 4, 1983

Referred to Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs.

Committees of jurisdiction 3

Arms Control, International Security and Science Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Foreign Affairs Committee
East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Foreign Affairs Committee
Foreign Affairs Committee
House of Representatives

Cosponsors 1

Smith, Christopher H.

New Jersey · Mar 3, 1983

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 12: 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.. 98th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HCONRES-12/

MLA

"H. Con. Res. 12: 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.." 98th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HCONRES-12/.

Bluebook (legal)

H. Con. Res. 12, 98th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HCONRES-12/.

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[H. Con. Res. 12: 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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HCONRES-12/)