Pub. L. 112-239, div. A, tit. XII, subtit. G, sec. 1293 (as amended)
REPORT ON HOST NATION SUPPORT FOR OVERSEAS UNITED STATES MILITARY INSTALLATIONS AND UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES DEPLOYED IN COUNTRY.
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.