United States · Bill · S
S. 985 (116th)
Allied Burden Sharing Report Act of 2019
Introduced
2 April 2019
Last action
2 April 2019 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Sponsors
Mike Lee, Rand Paul, Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Subjects
Defence
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
Allied Burden Sharing Report Act of 2019 This bill directs the Department of Defense to report to Congress on (1) the defense spending and military activities of certain countries with cooperative defense agreements with the United States, (2) whether a country places limits on the use of funds contributed to the common defense, and (3) any U.S. actions to minimize such limitations. The report shall cover each North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member state, each Gulf Cooperation Council member state, each country party to the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (Rio Treaty), and other specified countries.
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Timeline
2 April 2019
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Source: IntroReferral
2 April 2019
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 2 April 2019 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 2 April 2019
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 2 April 2019
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 2 April 2019
Sponsors
Related records
- related to → Allied Burden Sharing Report Act of 2021
- related to ← Allied Burden Sharing Report Act of 2019
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/985
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/985
- us · 116-s-985 · source updated 5 December 2025