Expressing the sense of the Congress that other countries benefiting from the deployment of United States military forces in Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf region should contribute to the cost of such deployment.

Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) other countries that benefit from a secure supply of Persian Gulf oil or whose sovereignty the United States is committed to upholding should assume a proportionate share of the cost of the deployment of U.S. military forces in Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf region; (2) the Congress supports the President in his effort to request appropriate levels of assistance or reimbursement from such countries to defray deployment costs; and (3) the President should make it an ongoing priority to request such assistance.