Sec. 1293. REPORT ON HOST NATION SUPPORT FOR OVERSEAS UNITED STATES MILITARY INSTALLATIONS AND UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES DEPLOYED IN COUNTRY
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## SEC. 1293 REPORT ON HOST NATION SUPPORT FOR OVERSEAS UNITED STATES MILITARY INSTALLATIONS AND UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES DEPLOYED IN COUNTRY ###
(a)Report Required ####
(1)In general Not later than March 1 of each year from 2013 through 2015, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the direct, indirect, and burden-sharing contributions made by host nations to support overseas United States military installations and United States Armed Forces deployed in country. ####
(2)Elements The report required by paragraph
(1)shall include at least the following: #####
(A)A description of all costs associated with stationing United States Armed Forces in the host nation, including military personnel costs, operation and maintenance costs, and military construction costs. #####
(B)A description of direct, indirect, and burden-sharing contributions made by the host nation, including the following: ######
(i)Contributions accepted for the following costs: ######
(I)Compensation for local national employees of the Department of Defense. ######
(II)Military construction projects of the Department of Defense, including design, procurement, construction management costs, rents on privately-owned land, facilities, labor, utilities, and vicinity improvements. ######
(III)Other costs such as loan guarantees on public-private venture housing and payment-in-kind for facilities returned to the host nation. ######
(ii)Contributions accepted for any other purpose. #####
(C)The methodology and accounting procedures used to measure and track direct, indirect, and burden-sharing contributions made by host nations. ####
(3)Description of contributions in united states dollars The report required by paragraph
(1)shall describe the direct, indirect, and burden-sharing contributions made by host nations in United States dollars and shall specify the exchange rates used to determine the United States dollar value of such host nation contributions. ###
(b)Form The report required by subsection
(a)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex if necessary. ###
(c)Definitions In this section: ####
(1)Appropriate congressional committees The term “appropriate congressional committees” means— #####
(A)the congressional defense committees; and #####
(B)the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives. ####
(2)Host nation The term “host nation” means any country that hosts a permanent or temporary United States military installation or a permanent or rotational deployment of United States Armed Forces located outside of the borders of the United States. ####
(3)Contributions The term “contributions” means cash and in-kind contributions made by a host nation that replace expenditures that would otherwise be made by the Secretary of Defense using funds appropriated or otherwise made available in defense appropriations Acts.