119-s2151

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2151 Introduced in Senate

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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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