1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Allied Burden Sharing Report Act of 2018 . 2. Finding; sense of Congress (a) Finding Congress finds that section 1003 of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985 ( Public Law 98–525 ; 63 Stat. 2241)— (1) expresses the sense of Congress that, due to threats that are ever-changing, Congress must be informed with respect to allied contributions to the common defense to properly assess the readiness of the United States and allied nations for threats; and (2) requires the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress an annual report on the contributions of allies to the common defense. (b) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) the threats facing the United States— (A) extend beyond the global war on terror; and (B) include near-peer threats; and (2) the President should seek from each allied nation acceptance of international security responsibilities and agreements to make contributions to the common defense commensurate with the economic resources and security environment of such allied nation. 3. Definitions In this Act: (1) Allied nation The term allied nation means— (A) each member state of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; (B) Australia; (C) Japan; (D) South Korea; (E) New Zealand; and (F) each member state of the Gulf Cooperation Council. (2) Appropriate committees of Congress The term appropriate committees of Congress means— (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate