,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fegj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bf1 #bjah,mr4 
,bera introduced the following bill2    
which was referred to the ,permanent    
,select ,committee on ,intelligence  ,a 
,,bill  ,to direct the ,director of     
,national ,intelligence to submit to    
,congress a report on the anticipated   
impact of altering the ,united ,states  
,force posture on the ,korean peninsula4
  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,maintaining ,commitment on
 the ,korean ,peninsula ,act4  #b4      
,report on altering ,united ,states     
force posture on the ,korean peninsula  
7a7 ,in general ,not later than #ahj    
days after the date of the enactment of 
this ,act1 the ,director of ,national   
,intelligence1 in consultation with the 
,secretary of ,state and the ,secretary 
of ,defense1 shall submit to the        
appropriate committees of ,congress a   
report on the anticipated diplomatic1   
military1 and intelligence impact of a  

significant reduction or complete       
withdrawal of ,united ,states forces    
from the ,republic of ,korea 7,south    
,korea71 or the significant reduction or
 permanent suspension of ,united ,states
 exercises on or around the ,korean     
peninsula4  7b7 ,content ,the report    
required by subsection 7a7 shall include
 each of the following3 7#a7 ,the views 
of the ,governments of ,japan1 ,south   
,korea1 and other regional allies and   
partners regarding the significant      
reduction or complete withdrawal of     
,united ,states forces or permanent     
suspension of exercises4  7#b7 ,the     
impact that a significant force         
reduction or permanent suspension of    
exercises would have on the transition  
of operational control of ,united       
,states forces on the ,korean peninsula4
  7#c7 ,the impact1 implications1 and   
resultant shortfalls that a significant 
reduction or complete withdrawal of     
,united ,states forces or the           
significant reduction or permanent      

suspension of exercises would have in   
countering non-,north ,korean actors in 
northeast ,asia1 including in the areas 
of economics1 diplomacy1 and defense4   
7#d7 ,the implications to the long-term 
security architecture in ,east ,asia of 
a significant reduction or complete     
withdrawal of ,united ,states forces or 
a significant reduction or permanent    
suspension of exercises4  7#e7 ,the     
implications for ,united ,states and    
allied capabilities to deter and defeat 
,north ,korean aggression in cyber1     
conventional1 chemical1 and biological  
warfare of such a significant reduction 
or complete withdrawal of ,united       
,states force or a significant reduction
 or permanent suspension of exercises4  
7c7 ,appropriate committees of ,congress
 ,in this section1 the term appropriate 
committees of ,congress means the       
,committee on ,foreign ,affairs1 the    
,committee on ,armed ,services1 the     
,permanent ,select ,committee on        
,intelligence of the ,house of          

,representatives1 and the ,committee on 
,foreign ,relations1 the ,committee on  
,armed ,services1 and the ,select       
,committee on ,intelligence of the      
,senate4