I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1743 
To require annual reports on allied contributions to the common defense, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 10, 2021 
Mr. GREEN of Tennessee (for himself and Mr. CUELLAR) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To require annual reports on allied contributions to the 
common defense, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Allied Burden Sharing 
Report Act of 2021’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDING; SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
(a) FINDING.—Congress finds that section 1003 of 
the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985 (Pub-
lic Law 98–525; 63 Stat. 2241)— 
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(1) expresses the sense of Congress that, due to 
threats that are ever-changing, Congress must be in-
formed with respect to allied contributions to the 
common defense to properly assess the readiness of 
the United States and the countries described in sec-
tion 3(b) 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 Con-
gress that— 
(1) the threats facing the United States— 
(A) extend beyond the global war on ter-
ror; and 
(B) include near-peer threats; and 
(2) the President should seek from each coun-
try described in section 3(b) acceptance of inter-
national security responsibilities and agreements to 
make contributions to the common defense in ac-
cordance with the collective defense agreements or 
treaties to which such country is a party. 
SEC. 3. REPORTS ON ALLIED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE 
COMMON DEFENSE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 1 each year, 
the Secretary, in coordination with the heads of other Fed-
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eral agencies, as the Secretary determines to be necessary, 
shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress 
a report containing a description of— 
(1) the annual defense spending by each coun-
try described in subsection (b), including available 
data on nominal budget figures and defense spend-
ing 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 sub-
mitted; 
(2) the activities of each such country to con-
tribute to military or stability operations in which 
the Armed Forces of the United States are a partici-
pant or may be called upon in accordance with a co-
operative defense agreement to which the United 
States is a party; 
(3) any limitations placed by any such country 
on the use of such contributions; and 
(4) any actions undertaken by the United 
States or by other countries to minimize such limita-
tions. 
(b) COUNTRIES
DESCRIBED.—The countries de-
scribed in this subsection are the following: 
(1) Each member state of the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization. 
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(2) Each member state of the Gulf Cooperation 
Council. 
(3) Each country party to the Inter-American 
Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (Rio Treaty), done 
at Rio de Janeiro September 2, 1947, and entered 
into force December 3, 1948 (TIAS 1838). 
(4) Australia. 
(5) Japan. 
(6) New Zealand. 
(7) The Philippines. 
(8) South Korea. 
(9) Thailand. 
(c) FORM.—Each report under subsection (a) shall 
be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a clas-
sified annex. 
(d) AVAILABILITY.—A report submitted under sub-
section (a) shall be made available on request to any Mem-
ber of Congress. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) 
APPROPRIATE
COMMITTEES
OF
CON-
GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-
gress’’ means— 
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(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Defense. 
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