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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7387 

To reiterate the support of the Congress of the United States for the North 

Atlantic Treaty Organization, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 15, 2024 

Mr. PANETTA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To reiterate the support of the Congress of the United States 

for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and for 

other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘NATO Support Act 

5 of 2024’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds that: 

8 (1) The North Atlantic Treaty Organization 

9 (referred to as ‘‘NATO’’), which came into being 

10 through the North Atlantic Treaty, which entered 


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1 into force on April 4, 1949, between the United 

2 States and the other founding members of the North 

3 Atlantic Treaty Organization, has served as a pillar 

4 of international peace and stability, a critical compo5 nent of United States security, and a deterrent 

6 against adversaries and external threats. 

7 (2) The House of Representatives affirmed in 

8 H. Res. 397, on June 27, 2017, that— 

9 (A) NATO is one of the most successful 

10 military alliances in history, deterring the out11 break of another world war, protecting the ter12 ritorial integrity of its members, and concluding 

13 the Cold War peacefully; 

14 (B) NATO remains the foundation of 

15 United States foreign policy to promote a Eu16 rope that is prosperous, free, and at peace; 

17 (C) the United States is solemnly com18 mitted to the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza19 tion’s principle of collective defense as enumer20 ated in Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty; 

21 and 

22 (D) the House of Representatives— 

23 (i) condemns any threat to the sov24 ereignty, territorial integrity, freedom, and 

25 democracy of any NATO ally; 


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1 (ii) supports the decision at the 

2 NATO Wales Summit in 2014 that each 

3 alliance member aim to spend at least 2 

4 percent of its nation’s gross domestic prod5 uct on defense by 2024; 

6 (iii) strongly supports collaboration 

7 with NATO allies to enforce Ukraine’s ter8 ritorial integrity against unprovoked ag9 gression from the Russian Federation; 

10 (iv) recognizes the advantages that 

11 multinational training exercises and joint 

12 research and education programs with 

13 NATO allies have offered for interoper14 ability and readiness; and 

15 (v) welcomes the addition of Finland 

16 as the 31st member of the NATO Alliance 

17 and supports the swift accession of Sweden 

18 as an additional member. 

19 SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

20 It is the sense of Congress that— 

21 (1) the President shall not withdraw the United 

22 States from NATO; and 

23 (2) the case Goldwater v. Carter is not control24 ling legal precedent with respect to the withdrawal 

25 of the United States from a treaty. 


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1 SEC. 4. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

2 It is the policy of the United States— 

3 (1) to remain a member in good standing of 

4 NATO; 

5 (2) to reject any efforts to withdraw the United 

6 States from NATO, or to indirectly withdraw from 

7 NATO by condemning or reducing contributions to 

8 NATO structures, activities, or operations, in a 

9 manner that creates a de facto withdrawal; 

10 (3) to continue to work with NATO members to 

11 meet their 2014 Wales Defense Investment Pledge 

12 commitments; and 

13 (4) to support robust United States funding for 

14 the European Deterrence Initiative, which increases 

15 the ability of the United States and its allies to 

16 deter and defend against Russian aggression. 

17 SEC. 5. PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF FUNDS TO WITH18 DRAW FROM NATO. 

19 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 

20 are authorized to be appropriated, obligated, or expended 

21 to take any action to withdraw the United States from 

22 the North Atlantic Treaty, done at Washington, DC, on 

23 April 4, 1949, between the United States and the other 

24 founding members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza25 tion. 

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