; (ii) a review of current United States military force posture and deployment plans of the United States Forces Japan; and (iii) the views of counterpart governments, including military commanders in the region. 6. Sense of Congress regarding United States troops on the Korean Peninsula It is the sense of the Congress that— (1) South Korea is a close friend and ally of the United States, and the United States-South Korea alliance is the linchpin of peace and security in the Indo-Pacific region; (2) the presence of United States military forces on the Korean Peninsula and across the Indo-Pacific region continues to play a critical role in safeguarding the peaceful and stable rules-based international order that benefits all countries; (3) South Korea has contributed heavily to its own defense and to the defense of the United States Armed Forces in South Korea, including by providing $10,000,000,000 of the $10,800,000,0000 Camp Humphreys project to build and relocate United States military forces to a new base in South Korea; (4) United States military forces, pursuant to international law, are lawfully deployed on the Korean Peninsula; (5) the nuclear and ballistic missile programs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea are clear and consistent violations of international law; (6) the long-stated strategic objective of authoritarian states, such as the People’s Republic of China, the Russian Federation, and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, has been the significant removal of United States military forces from the Korean Peninsula; (7) economic sanctions, military pressure, and diplomatic measures undertaken by the United States and its allies and regional partners, have contributed to bring Kim Jong-un to the negotiation table