[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2151 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2151
To require the Secretary of Defense to submit annual reports on allied
contributions to the common defense, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 24, 2025
Mr. Lee (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, and Mr. Paul) introduced the
following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on
Foreign Relations
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A BILL
To require the Secretary of Defense to submit annual reports on allied
contributions to the common defense, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``NATO Burden Sharing Report Act''.
SEC. 2. REPORT ON ALLIED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMON DEFENSE.
(a) Finding.--Congress finds that section 1003 of the Department of
Defense Authorization Act, 1985 (Public Law 98-525; 63 Stat. 2241)--
(1) expresses the sense of Congress that, due to threats
that are ever-changing, Congress must be informed with respect
to allied contributions to the common defense to properly
assess the readiness of the United States and the countries
described in subsection (c)(2) for threats; and
(2) requires the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress
an annual report on the contributions of allies to the common
defense.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the threats facing the United States--
(A) include near-peer threats; and
(B) require the United States to prioritize
military assets and resources in accordance with the
most recent National Defense Strategy;
(2) the United States should not continue to shoulder a
disproportionate share of the burden for European security
while current and prospective members of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization neglect to meet defense spending
guidelines; and
(3) the President should seek from each member country of
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization acceptance of
international security responsibilities and agreements to make
contributions to the common defense in accordance with the
collective defense treaty to which such country is a party.
(c) Reports on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense.--
(1) In general.--Not later than March 1 each year, the
Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the heads of other
Federal agencies, as the Secretary determines to be necessary,
shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report
containing a description of--
(A) the annual defense spending by each country
described in paragraph (2), including available data on
nominal budget figures and defense spending as a
percentage of the gross domestic products of each such
country for the fiscal year immediately preceding the
fiscal year in which the report is submitted;
(B) the activities of each such country to
contribute to military or stability operations in which
the Armed Forces of the United States are a participant
or may be called upon in accordance with a cooperative
defense agreement to which the United States is a
party;
(C) any limitations placed by any such country on
the use of such contributions;
(D) any actions undertaken by the United States or
by other countries to minimize such limitations; and
(E) with respect to each such country--
(i) the contributions made by the country
to Ukraine, including an indication of whether
such contributions relate to hard or soft
power;
(ii) an assessment of the health of the
defense industrial base of the country;
(iii) the comparative advantages of the
defense industrial base of the country;
(iv) the size and structure of the military
forces of the country, including an estimate of
the amount of time required for such forces to
achieve full military mobilization;
(v) any area in which the country would be
fully dependent on allied military assets;
(vi) any delivery received or contract
entered into by the country through the Foreign
Military Sales or the Foreign Military
Financing program during the preceding year;
(vii) any change in defense spending during
the preceding year; and
(viii) the amount defense spending
anticipated in the subsequent year.
(2) Countries described.--The countries described in this
paragraph are the following:
(A) Each member country of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization.
(B) Each country participating in a North Atlantic
Treaty Organization Membership Action Plan.
(3) Form.--Each report under paragraph (1) shall be
submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified
annex.
(4) Availability.--A report submitted under paragraph (1)
shall be made available on request to any Member of Congress.
(d) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this section,
the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Appropriations of the
Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives.
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