The bill directs the Secretary of Defense to send Congress an annual report by March 1 on allied contributions to common defense. It covers defense spending, contributions to military or stability operations, limits on those contributions, and actions to reduce those limits. The report must cover NATO and Gulf Cooperation Council members, parties to the Rio Treaty, and Australia, Japan, New Zealand, the Philippines, South Korea, and Thailand. It must be unclassified but may include a classified section.
The bill does not require individuals to take action. It directs the Defense Department to report information to congressional committees. Members of Congress may request the report.
The bill does not specify expenses for carrying out this requirement. No publicly available information.
The bill states that Congress needs information about allied contributions to assess readiness for changing threats, including near-peer threats. No publicly available information about the sponsors' further views.
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