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[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
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[H.R. 6570 Introduced in House (IH)]
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115th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 6570
To direct the Director of National Intelligence to submit to Congress a
report on the anticipated impact of altering the United States Force
posture on the Korean peninsula.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 26, 2018
Mr. Bera introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
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A BILL
To direct the Director of National Intelligence to submit to Congress a
report on the anticipated impact of altering the United States Force
posture on the Korean peninsula.
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 ``Maintaining Commitment on the Korean
Peninsula Act''.
SEC. 2. REPORT ON ALTERING UNITED STATES FORCE POSTURE ON THE KOREAN
PENINSULA.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence, in
consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense,
shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the
anticipated diplomatic, military, and intelligence impact of a
significant reduction or complete withdrawal of United States forces
from the Republic of Korea (South Korea), or the significant reduction
or permanent suspension of United States exercises on or around the
Korean peninsula.
(b) Content.--The report required by subsection (a) shall include
each of the following:
(1) The views of the Governments of Japan, South Korea, and
other regional allies and partners regarding the significant
reduction or complete withdrawal of United States forces or
permanent suspension of exercises.
(2) The impact that a significant force reduction or
permanent suspension of exercises would have on the transition
of operational control of United States forces on the Korean
peninsula.
(3) The impact, implications, and resultant shortfalls that
a significant reduction or complete withdrawal of United States
forces or the significant reduction or permanent suspension of
exercises would have in countering non-North Korean actors in
northeast Asia, including in the areas of economics, diplomacy,
and defense.
(4) The implications to the long-term security architecture
in East Asia of a significant reduction or complete withdrawal
of United States forces or a significant reduction or permanent
suspension of exercises.
(5) The implications for United States and allied
capabilities to deter and defeat North Korean aggression in
cyber, conventional, chemical, and biological warfare of such a
significant reduction or complete withdrawal of United States
force or a significant reduction or permanent suspension of
exercises.
(c) Appropriate Committees of Congress.--In this section, the term
``appropriate committees of Congress'' means the Committee on Foreign
Affairs, the Committee on Armed Services, the Permanent Select
Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives, and the
Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Armed Services, and
the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.
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