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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 fee to the United States Government equal to 2 percent 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 7, 1985 See on congress.gov
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Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
Feb 7, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs.
Feb 7, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on Arms Control, International Security and Science.
Jan 7, 1985
Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Jan 7, 1985
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 fee equal to two percent of Japan's gross national product 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 7, 1985

Referred to Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Jun 12, 1986
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 27: 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 fee to the United States Government equal to 2 percent 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.. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HCONRES-27/
MLA
"H. Con. Res. 27: 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 fee to the United States Government equal to 2 percent 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.." 99th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HCONRES-27/.
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H. Con. Res. 27, 99th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HCONRES-27/.
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[H. Con. Res. 27: 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 fee to the United States Government equal to 2 percent 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/99-HCONRES-27/)
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