House joint resolution · 100th Congress · Did not become law
A joint resolution requiring the President or his designee to enter into negotiations with Japan for the purpose of having Japan bear a greater share of the free world's defense burden by either increasing its annual defense expenditures to at least 3 percent of its Gross National Product or by obtaining payment by Japan to the United States of the difference between 3 percent of Japan's annual Gross National Product and what Japan actually spends on defense.
Sponsor: Rep. Donald Ritter R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 1, 1987
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Latest action: Jul 14, 1987 — Referred to Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
24 cosponsors — 15 Republicans, 9 Democrats
11 of 24 cosponsors (46%) are from the other party.
Helen Bentley (R-MD), Tom Bevill (D-AL), Thomas Bliley (R-VA), George Brown (R-CO), Albert Bustamante (D-TX), George Darden (D-GA), Robert Dornan (R-CA), Dennis Eckart (D-OH), Glenn English (D-OK), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Robert Lagomarsino (R-CA), Matthew Martinez (R-CA), J. McMillan (R-NC), John Porter (R-IL), Tommy Robinson (R-AR), H. Saxton (R-NJ), Bill Schuette (R-MI), Denny Smith (R-OR), Donald Sundquist (R-TN), Robert Tallon (D-SC), Robert Torricelli (D-NJ), Peter Visclosky (D-IN), Robert Whittaker (R-KS).
More from the sponsor
Other 100th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Donald Ritter.
- H.J.Res. 474 (100th) A joint resolution designating June 14, 1988, as "Baltic Freedom Day".
- H.Con.Res. 169 (100th) A concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress concerning Soviet prisoners of war in Afghanistan.
- H.R. 3024 (100th) National Superconductor Manufacturing and Processing Technology Act of 1987
- H.R. 3754 (100th) Long Term Care Incentives Package
- H.R. 1108 (100th) A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow an individual a credit against income tax for certain expenditures for the…
- H.R. 4317 (100th) Professionals' Liability Reform Act of 1988
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 30, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.