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Description of each Items

Classification Description Legal basis
ROK–U.S. Combined Forces Command
Fee for the use of U.S. Fee for the use of U.S. communications
communications lines and lines (35% of total use fees) and Agreement on Sharing of CommunicationsExpenses;
Implementation Agreement Regarding Cost Sharing
combined C4I systems subsidies for combined C4I systems
and Information Interoperability System
KATUSA troop support
(basic wages, clothing Basic wages, clothing expenses, and other Oral Agreement between President
expenses, and other operational cost support for the ROK force support Rhee Seung-man and UNC Commander MacArthur
operational support group
expenses)
Articles 2 and 5, SOFA; Articles 2 and 3, Agreed
Expenses for purchase of lands in safe zone around Understanding; Article 78, Act on Acquisition of and
Magnum ammunition USFK Magnum ammunition storage and relocation of Compensation for Land, Etc. for Public Works
storage maintenance
residents Projects; Article 2, Act on National Defense and
Military Installations Projects
Article 4, ROK–U.S. Mutual Defense Treaty; Articles
2 and 5, SOFA; Articles 2 and 3, Agreed
Understanding; Article 78, Act on Acquisition of and
Expenses for purchase, use, and
Real estate support Compensation for Land, Etc. for
compensation of facility and used sites
Public Works Projects and Article 40, Enforcement
Decree of the Act; Article 2, Act on National Defense
and Military Installations Projects
Article 4, ROK–U.S. Mutual Defense Treaty; Articles
Support for roadworks in
Expenses for road maintenance In vicinity of 2, 3, and 5, SOFA; Special Act on Support for Areas,
nearby areasin nearby
Pyeongtaek Base and support for Pyeongtaek etc. Adjacent to Districts Granted to the United
areas andPyeongtaek
States Armed Forces in Korea
Compensation for Support compensation costs for property damages
damages inccurred by or personal injuries caused by USFK’s military Article 23, SOFA
official duties training or execution of official duties
Opportunity cost of rents for lands granted to USFK
Appraisal of rent of lands free of charge Article 4, ROK–U.S. Mutual Defense Treaty; Article 2,
granted
free of charge * Calculation method: applied the statutory rate to SOFA
the average of official land prices
Additional expenses to be borne by
the U.S. forces if KATUSA personnel were U.S.
military personnel
KATUSA Oral Agreement between President
opportunity cost * Calculation method: (annual basic wages of U.S. Rhee Seung-man and UNC Commander MacArthur
forces members + foreign language proficiency
bonus) - annual wages of the ROK forces
servicemembers
Support for the use of firing ranges by the USFK Articles 2 and 5, sofa; agreements and MOUs
Support for the use of regarding the use of Korean military training areas
training areas * Calculation method: area × official land prices ×
number of days in use / 365 × rent rate and firing ranges by USFK
Exemption and reduction of taxes and charges
Exempted and reduced * Calculation method: estimated based on the Articles 6, 10, 14, and 16; SOFA
expenses number of USFK troops based on data for the
1999 - 2011 timeframe
Article 12, Special Act on Support for Areas, etc.
Compensation of the remediation
Remediation of soil expense in accordance with the procedures under adjacent to districts granted to the United States
contamination in the State Compensation Act after Armed Forces in Korea; Guidelines on Basic
returned bases Environmental Surveys of Areas Adjacent to Districts
local governments decontaminate the soil
Granted to the United States Armed Forces in Korea
Land purchase in Partial support for the purchase of lands required for Special Act on Support for Areas, etc. Adjacent to
returned granted development for boosting the local economy of Districts Granted to the United States Armed Forces
districts adjacent areas and returned districts in Korea

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