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104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 2936

To provide that if a member nation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the Republic of Korea, or Japan does not agree, by the end

of fiscal year 1997, to contribute to the United States for each fiscal

year an amount equal to the full direct costs to the United States

of United States military forces permanently stationed ashore in that

country for that fiscal year, all such United States forces assigned

in that country shall be withdrawn not later than the end of fiscal

year 1999 and to provide that the amount of all such contributions

and the amount of savings from such withdrawals shall be deposited

in the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FEBRUARY 1, 1996

Mr. CHAPMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committees on

National Security and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently

determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

A BILL

To provide that if a member nation of the North Atlantic

Treaty Organization, the Republic of Korea, or Japan

does not agree, by the end of fiscal year 1997, to contribute to the United States for each fiscal year an amount

equal to the full direct costs to the United States of

United States military forces permanently stationed

ashore in that country for that fiscal year, all such

United States forces assigned in that country shall be

withdrawn not later than the end of fiscal year 1999
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and to provide that the amount of all such contributions

and the amount of savings from such withdrawals shall

be deposited in the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust

Fund.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. REQUIREMENT FOR TROOP WITHDRAWALS

4 FROM NATO COUNTRIES AND JAPAN SUB5 JECT TO REVISED HOST-NATION AGREE6 MENTS.

7 (a) BURDENSHARING AGREEMENTS.—(1) As soon as

8 practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act,

9 the President should enter into negotiations for purposes

10 of revising the host-nation agreement with each foreign

11 country described in paragraph (2). A revised host-nation

12 agreement is an agreement under which the foreign coun13 try agrees to contribute to the United States, beginning

14 on or before September 30, 1997, for each fiscal year an

15 amount equal to the total of all direct costs (including per16 sonnel costs) incurred by the United States for that fiscal

17 year related to the presence of all United States military

18 personnel permanently stationed ashore in that country.

19 The agreement shall provide for the assumption of such

20 costs over the one-year period beginning on October 1,

21 1996, and ending on September 30, 1997.

22 (2) Paragraph (1) applies with respect to—
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1 (A) each country of the North Atlantic Treaty

2 Organization (other than the United States);

3 (B) the Republic of Korea; and

4 (C) Japan.

5 (b) TROOP WITHDRAWAL.—If a revised host-nation

6 agreement described in subsection (a) is not entered into

7 by September 30, 1997, with a country to which sub8 section (a) applies, the President shall order the with9 drawal of all United States Armed Forces assigned to per10 manent duty ashore in that country. The President may

11 provide for the phased-in withdrawal of such forces over

12 the two-year period beginning on October 1, 1997, and

13 ending on September 30, 1999.

14 SEC. 2. USE OF HOST-NATION CONTRIBUTIONS AND USE OF

15 SAVINGS.

16 (a) USE OF CONTRIBUTIONS.—Any amount received

17 by the United States by reason of a revised host-nation

18 agreement under section 1(a) shall be deposited in and

19 credited to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund.

20 (b) USE OF SAVINGS ATTRIBUTABLE TO TROOP

21 WITHDRAWALS.—For each fiscal year beginning with fis22 cal year 1997, the Secretary of Defense shall determine

23 the amount of savings to the Department of Defense, if

24 any, attributable to the provisions of section 1(b). For any

25 fiscal year for which there are such savings (as determined
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1 by the Secretary), the Secretary shall, at such point dur2 ing the fiscal year as the amount of such savings have

3 been determined by the Secretary, transfer from amounts

4 available to the Department of Defense for that fiscal year

5 to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund the amount

6 of such savings (as determined by the Secretary).

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