Report on NATO Nuclear Cost-sharing Added to House Defense Approps Bill

摘要

Lawmakers on the House Appropriations Committee this week adopted an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2015 Defense Appropriations Act that would require the Department of Defense to provide a report to Congress on the nuclear contributions of U.S. NATO allies. The amendment was added to the bill as part of a manager’s package of provisions, and while the language only requires a report from the Pentagon, the amendment’s author, Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Ill.), suggested it represented a first step toward getting NATO allies to foot the bill for U.S. nuclear weapons deployed in Europe.