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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 748 

Expressing that the United States should not enter into any bilateral or 

multilateral agreement to provide security guarantees or long-term security assistance to Ukraine. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 20, 2024 

Mr. LEE (for himself and Mr. PAUL) submitted the following resolution; which 

was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing that the United States should not enter into 

any bilateral or multilateral agreement to provide security guarantees or long-term security assistance to 

Ukraine. 

Whereas the United States has provided more than 

$175,000,000,000 in assistance to Ukraine since February 2022; 

Whereas Ukraine is not a member of the North Atlantic 

Treaty Organization nor party to a mutual defense treaty 

with the United States that has been ratified by the Senate; 

Whereas the Joint Strategic Oversight Plan for Ukraine Response admitted in January 2023 that commingling 


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United States funds in international organization accounts reduces oversight and transparency; 

Whereas the publicly available Integrated Country Strategy 

for Ukraine acknowledged in August 2023 that corruption has been a historic and endemic concern in Ukraine; 

Whereas the Department of Defense admitted in January 

2024 that the Department of Defense was not able to 

complete required monitoring for 59 percent of defense 

articles designated for enhanced end-use monitoring, 

nearly $1,700,000,000 of United States-origin equipment; 

Whereas Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky’s presidential term expired on May 20, 2024, Ukraine has not 

held elections, and President Zelensky remains in office; 

Whereas Ukraine has used United States provided weapons 

to strike targets within Russian territory since June 

2024 without congressional authorization; 

Whereas the United States Embassy in Kiev acknowledged in 

June 2024 that Ukraine is restricting freedom of movement and may prevent United States-Ukrainian citizens 

from leaving Ukraine; 

Whereas the Biden administration has not provided Congress 

with a defined strategy or goals for United States engagement in Ukraine for more than 2 years; 

Whereas the founders of the United States purposefully designed the power to make peace to be shared between the 

executive and legislative branches; 

Whereas the Biden administration announced the signing of 

the Bilateral Security Agreement Between the United 

States of America and Ukraine, done at Puglia June 13, 


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2024 (referred to in this preamble as the ‘‘Bilateral 

Agreement’’); 

Whereas Article XI of the Bilateral Agreement expresses that 

any additional implementing agreements or arrangements 

will remain in effect even if the Bilateral Agreement is 

terminated, thereby bypassing Congress and tying the 

hands of future Presidential administrations; 

Whereas the preamble of the Bilateral Agreement underscores a broad and ‘‘shared commitment to a Europe 

that is whole, free, and at peace’’; 

Whereas the preamble of the Bilateral Agreement is 

dismissive of United States strategic interests and patently inconsistent with the regional prioritization contained in the National Defense Strategy of the United 

States; 

Whereas the preamble of the Bilateral Agreement emphasizes 

the ‘‘importance of holding Russia to account for its aggression . . . consistent with international law’’; 

Whereas Article II of the Bilateral Agreement states that 

‘‘[i]t is the policy of the Parties . . . to deter and confront any future aggression against the territorial integrity of either Party’’; 

Whereas Article II of the Bilateral Agreement leaves open the 

possibility of United States military engagement in 

Ukraine; 

Whereas the President must seek authorization from Congress for the use of military force for the defense of 

Ukraine; 

Whereas Article II of the Bilateral Agreement seeks to commit the United States to ‘‘building a Ukrainian future 

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pability’’, including through provision of defense articles 

and services; 

Whereas the indefinite commitment of United States defense 

articles to Ukraine is inconsistent with defense industrial 

base capacity and jeopardizes United States military 

readiness; 

Whereas Article II of the Bilateral Agreement expresses that 

the Biden administration intends to seek additional appropriations from Congress for Ukraine; 

Whereas Article V of the Bilateral Agreement commits the 

United States to Ukraine until ‘‘its sovereignty and territorial integrity are fully restored’’; 

Whereas the Bilateral Agreement concerningly asserts that 

Ukraine’s future is in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; 

Whereas the Bilateral Agreement states the United States 

commits to ‘‘deepening partnerships between national 

guard and border security services’’ in Ukraine; 

Whereas the Biden administration is neglecting to secure the 

southern border of the United States and is engaged in 

securing the borders of a foreign nation; 

Whereas the Bilateral Agreement reduces access by members 

of the Armed Forces to professional military education 

and training by increasing Ukrainian attendance at Department of Defense institutions of professional military 

instruction; 

Whereas Department of Defense institutions of professional 

military instruction should prioritize attendance and 

training for members of the Armed Forces of the United 

States; 


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Whereas the Bilateral Agreement states that the United 

States intends to ‘‘explore all possible avenues by which 

immobilized Russian sovereign assets could be made use 

of to support Ukraine’’; 

Whereas any use of Russian sovereign assets as a form of 

support to Ukraine is escalatory, unprecedented in peacetime, empowers Chinese and Russian alternatives to the 

Western global financial system, and places United 

States sovereign assets at risk of Russian retaliation; 

Whereas Article VII of the Bilateral Agreement maintains 

that disputes regarding application of the Bilateral 

Agreement shall not be referred to ‘‘any national or 

international court, tribunal, or similar body, or any third 

party for settlement,’’ thereby bypassing Congress; 

Whereas Article IX of the Bilateral Agreement states that it 

may be ‘‘extended by mutual written agreement of the 

parties,’’ thereby bypassing Congress; 

Whereas the Biden administration reportedly maintains that 

the Bilateral Agreement is an ‘‘executive agreement’’, an 

extraneous and unconstitutional designation carrying no 

legal weight absent an Act of Congress; and 

Whereas the Bilateral Agreement circumvents the requirements of the Treaty Clause of section 2 of article II of 

the Constitution of the United States: Now, therefore, be 

it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) expresses that— 

3 (A) the United States should not enter 

4 into any bilateral or multilateral agreement to 


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1 provide security guarantees or long-term secu2 rity assistance to Ukraine; and 

3 (B) the Bilateral Security Agreement Be4 tween the United States of America and 

5 Ukraine, done at Puglia June 13, 2024 (re6 ferred to in this resolution as the ‘‘Bilateral 

7 Agreement’’), will have no force of law until it 

8 is submitted to the Senate for ratification as a 

9 treaty consistent with the requirements of the 

10 Treaty Clause of section 2 of article II of the 

11 Constitution of the United States, which re12 quires the advice and consent of the Senate 

13 with two-thirds of Senators concurring; and 

14 (2) does not recognize the Bilateral Agreement 

15 as a bridge to Ukraine’s membership in the North 

16 Atlantic Treaty Organization. 

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