1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Maintaining United States National Security Interests in Europe Act . 2. Findings; sense of Congress (a) Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The 2017 National Security Strategy states, the United States will deepen collaboration with our European allies and partners to confront forces threatening to undermine our common values, security interests, and shared vision. The United States and Europe will work together to counter Russian subversion and aggression, and the threats posed by North Korea and Iran. We will continue to advance our shared principles and interests in international forums. . (2) After the end of World War II, the presence of foreign military forces in Germany was governed by a law signed in April 1949 that allowed France, the United Kingdom, and the United States to retain forces in Germany. (3) The initial law was succeeded by the Convention on the Presence of Foreign Forces in the Federal Republic of Germany, signed at Paris on October 23, 1954, allowing eight North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) members, specifically Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States, to maintain a long-term presence of military forces in Germany. (4) Germany has made significant contributions to the NATO alliance and, by hosting the largest United States Armed Forces presence in Europe, Germany has borne a significant burden in the interest of collective security. (5) As of June 2020, the United States presence in various locations in Germany, including in Stuttgart at the United States European Command and the United States Africa Command, consists of— (A) approximately— (i) 35,000 members of the Armed Forces; (ii) 10,000 Department of Defense civilian employees; and (iii) 2,000 defense contractors; (B) personnel of the Department of State and other United States Government agencies