# 116-hr-7246: Maintaining United States National Security Interests in Europe Act

116-hr-7246, Maintaining United States National Security Interests in Europe Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by ELIOT ENGEL (D-NY); status Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-7246
- Congress: 116
- Title: Maintaining United States National Security Interests in Europe Act
- Status: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Introduced: 2020-06-18
- Sponsor: ELIOT ENGEL (D-NY)
- Cosponsors: 4
- Policy area: International Affairs
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Maintaining United States National Security Interests in Europe Act This bill requires the President to take certain actions before reducing the overall presence of the Armed Forces in Europe, such as by withdrawing Armed Forces or Department of Defense personnel or closing a U.S. military base in Europe. The bill also contains other related provisions. Generally, no later than 180 days before taking an action to reduce the U.S. presence in Europe, the President shall report to Congress (1) a justification for the action, (2) the scope and description of the reduction, (3) an explanation of the action's national security benefit, and (4) a plan to offset the reduction in conventional deterrence against Russian aggression stemming from the action. This requirement shall not apply if (1) a country hosting the U.S. forces requests the reduction in writing, or (2) Congress passes a joint resolution or act expressly authorizing the reduction. The President shall report to Congress a detailed account of the decisionmaking process behind the decision to withdraw Armed Forces members from Germany that was announced on June 15, 2020.

## Cosponsors (4)

- Rep. Malinowski, Tom [D-NJ-7] (D-NJ), 2020-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6] (D-MD), 2020-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-32] (D-CA), 2020-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19] (D-CA), 2020-06-25T00:00:00.000Z

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- 116-hr-7120: George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020
- 116-hr-7092: Great American Outdoors Act
- 116-hr-5221: 100% Clean Economy Act of 2019

## Sources
- [116-hr-7246 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/7246)

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