Pub. L. 101-511, tit. VIII, sec. 8136

Sec. 8136. (a) Findings.— The Congress finds that— (1) the President and Secretary of State have stated publicly that a new international order is being created; (2) such order is characterized, among other things, by— (A) a rough parity of financial and technological strength and of standards of living among Members of the Group of Seven; (B) the successful culmination of allied postwar foreign policy in the emergence of political and economic freedom in formerly communist nations and the progressive integration of such nations into the world economy; and (C) with the reduction of ideological and military tension between members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the Warsaw Pact, the increased importance of economic strength in the ability of nations to provide for national security and promote foreign policy objectives; (3) such rough parity of economic strength among Members of the Group of Seven as well as the large and growing net national and international debt of the United States affirm that the new international order should be accompanied by a more balanced distribution of the economic burden of providing for common security than that which accompanied the postwar international order; and (4) it should be a priority of United States foreign policy in the new international order to attain at an early stage a more balanced distribution of the aggregate economic burden of common security among advanced industrial nations. (b) Negotiations.— It is the sense of the Congress that the President should negotiate within the Group of Seven to conclude agreements providing for— (1) a commonly accepted methodology by which to measure relative rates of expenditures on common security objectives by each Member; (2) through the application of such methodology, commonly accepted calculations of current rates of expenditures on common security objectives by each Member; and (3) a framework, concrete agenda, and timetable of actions by each Member to converge substantially their aggregate rates of expenditures on common security objectives as a proportion of national income over a reasonable, finite period. (c) Reports to Congress.— It is the sense of the Congress that the President should submit reports to Congress no later than August 1, 1991, and August 1, 1992, assessing progress toward the agreements referred to in subsection (b). In the absence of substantial progress toward the agreements referred to .in subsection (b) at the time of issuance of such reports, the President should include in such reports a calculation and comparative analysis of current rates of104 STAT. 1912 expenditures on common security objectives by each Member on the basis of the best and most current information available. (d) Definitions.— For purposes of this section— (1) the term “Members” means the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Canada, the Federal Republic of Germany, Japan, the United States, and the European Community; and (2) the term “expenditures on common security objectives” includes— (A) expenditures on defense operations and activities out-side a Member’s territory which provide for the defense of two or more Members pursuant to a treaty or other arrangement between two or more Members; (B) official development assistance to developing or emerging democracy country markets; (C) contributions to multilateral development banks; (D) untied export credit assistance to developing or emerging democracy markets; (E) other non-military, untied economic or financial assistance to developing or emerging democracy country markets; and (F) expenditures which address global environmental problems or which improve environmental conditions out-side a Member’s territory.