Notification of intent to decrease United States Armed Forces presence in North Atlantic Treaty Organization member country

(a) In general Not less than 120 days before decreasing the permanent or rotational United States Armed Forces presence in a North Atlantic Treaty Organization member country, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees an assessment of North Atlantic Treaty Organization deterrence efforts, including a description and evaluation of the following: (1) Current United States force posture in North Atlantic Treaty Organization member countries, and whether such force posture maintains an adequate level of deterrence for such countries. (2) Allied military force posture in each country on the eastern flank of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. (3) The manner in which decreasing the United States Armed Forces presence, as of the date of the enactment of this Act, will change the overall deterrence posture of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. (4) Consultations with North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies regarding efforts to identify and backfill, or otherwise mitigate, the capability gap resulting from the proposed decrease in the permanent or rotational United States Armed Forces presence in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization member country concerned. (b) Applicability Subsection (a) shall not apply in the event that the President— (1) identifies a need for an immediate use of military force that necessitates decreasing the permanent or rotational United States Armed Forces presence in a North Atlantic Treaty Organization member country; and (2) delivers a War Powers Report to Congress as outlined in section 4(a) of the War Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1543(a)).