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US SB2152

Bill

Status

Introduced

6/24/2025

Primary Sponsor

Mike Lee

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Origin

Senate

119th Congress

AI Summary

  • Secretary of Defense must submit annual reports to Congress by March 1 each year on allied contributions to common defense, including defense spending data (nominal figures and GDP percentages) for the preceding fiscal year

  • Reports must cover NATO members, Gulf Cooperation Council members, Rio Treaty parties, Australia, Japan, New Zealand, the Philippines, South Korea, and Thailand

  • Reports must describe each ally's contributions to military or stability operations involving U.S. Armed Forces, any limitations placed on those contributions, and actions taken to minimize such limitations

  • Reports submitted to Armed Services, Foreign Relations/Affairs, and Appropriations committees in both chambers, in unclassified form with optional classified annex, and made available to any Member of Congress upon request

  • Expresses sense of Congress that current threats extend beyond terrorism to include near-peer threats, and that the President should seek allied acceptance of security responsibilities under collective defense agreements

Legislative Description

Allied Burden Sharing Report Act

International affairs

Last Action

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

6/24/2025

Committee Referrals

Foreign Relations6/24/2025

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