Sec. 1244. Report on direct, indirect, and burden-sharing contributions of Japan and South Korea
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Not later than March 1, 2020, and March 1, 2021, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the direct, indirect, and burden-sharing contributions of Japan and South Korea to support overseas military installations of the United States and United States Armed Forces deployed to or permanently stationed in Japan and South Korea, respectively. The report required by subsection
(a)shall include the following: The benefits to United States national security and regional security derived from the forward presence of United States Armed Forces in the Indo-Pacific region, including Japan and South Korea. For calendar year 2016 and each subsequent calendar year, a description of the one-time and recurring costs associated with the presence of United States Armed Forces in Japan and South Korea, including— costs to relocate the Armed Forces within Japan and South Korea and to realign the Armed Forces from Japan and South Korea; military personnel costs; operation and maintenance costs; and military construction costs. A description of direct, indirect, and burden-sharing contributions of Japan and South Korea, including— contributions for labor costs associated with the presence of United States Armed Forces; contributions to military construction projects of the Department of Defense, including planning, design, environmental reviews, construction, construction management costs, rents on privately-owned land, facilities, labor, utilities, and vicinity improvements; contributions such as loan guarantees on public-private venture housing and payment-in-kind for facilities returned to Japan and South Korea; contributions accepted for labor, logistics, utilities, facilities, and any other purpose; and other contributions as determined appropriate by the Secretary. The methodology and accounting procedures used to measure and track direct, indirect, and burden-sharing contributions made by Japan and South Korea. The report required by subsection
(a)shall describe the direct, indirect, and burden-sharing contributions of Japan and South Korea in United States dollars and shall specify the exchange rates used to determine the United States dollar value of such contributions. The report required by subsection
(a)shall be submitted in unclassified form without any designation relating to dissemination control, but may contain a classified annex. In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means— the congressional defense committees; and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.