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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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 26, 2018 
Mr. BERA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Permanent 
Select Committee on Intelligence 
A BILL 
To direct the Director of National Intelligence to submit 
to Congress a report on the anticipated impact of alter-
ing the United States Force posture on the Korean pe-
ninsula. 
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 ‘‘Maintaining Commit-
ment on the Korean Peninsula Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REPORT ON ALTERING UNITED STATES FORCE POS-
TURE 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 appro-
priate committees of Congress a report on the anticipated 
diplomatic, military, and intelligence impact of a signifi-
cant 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 with-
drawal of United States forces or permanent suspen-
sion of exercises. 
(2) The impact that a significant force reduc-
tion 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 
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reduction or permanent suspension of exercises 
would have in countering non-North Korean actors 
in northeast Asia, including in the areas of econom-
ics, 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 ex-
ercises. 
(5) The implications for United States and al-
lied capabilities to deter and defeat North Korean 
aggression in cyber, conventional, chemical, and bio-
logical warfare of such a significant reduction or 
complete withdrawal of United States force or a sig-
nificant reduction or permanent suspension of exer-
cises. 
(c) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-
gress’’ means the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Com-
mittee on Armed Services, the Permanent Select Com-
mittee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives, 
and the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee 
on Armed Services, and the Select Committee on Intel-
ligence of the Senate. 
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