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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 747 

Expressing the Senate’s support for taking interim steps to strengthen the 

military interoperability and resiliency of the militaries of Finland and 

Sweden with respect to their anticipated accession to the North Atlantic 

Treaty Organization alliance. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

AUGUST 4, 2022 

Mr. THUNE (for himself, Mr. INHOFE, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Ms. ERNST, Mr. 

WICKER, and Mr. ROUNDS) submitted the following resolution; which was 

referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing the Senate’s support for taking interim steps 

to strengthen the military interoperability and resiliency 

of the militaries of Finland and Sweden with respect 

to their anticipated accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance. 

Whereas North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) ambassadors signed the Accession Protocols for Finland and 

Sweden on July 5, 2022; 

Whereas the Senate agreed to the resolution of advice and 

consent to ratification of the Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on the Accession of the Republic 

of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden (Treaty Doc. 

117–3) on August 3, 2022; 


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Whereas the accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO will 

strengthen the capabilities, geostrategic position, and deterrence posture of the alliance in the Baltic Sea region 

and the North Atlantic from that day forward; and 

Whereas the accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO will 

reduce each current member nation’s respective burden 

share as a percentage of the total alliance’s deterrence 

and defense posture: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate, in accordance with its sup2 port for NATO’s collective security commitment and for 

3 maximizing the combined defense capabilities of United 

4 States allies and partners through NATO coordination 

5 and cooperation, and with anticipation for the accession 

6 of Finland and Sweden to the alliance— 

7 (1) recognizes the steps taken by the United 

8 States to build upon years of joint and multilateral 

9 engagement, training, and exercises; and 

10 (2) encourages the President to further advance 

11 the efforts of the United States with respect to— 

12 (A) enhancing the interoperability of the 

13 militaries of Finland and Sweden with the 

14 United States, including via— 

15 (i) exercises and training across all 

16 domains, including a focus on critical capa17 bilities such as— 

18 (I) command, control, and com19 munications; 


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1 (II) logistics; 

2 (III) planning; and 

3 (IV) integrated and resilient op4 erations across Northern Europe and 

5 the Arctic; 

6 (ii) bomber task forces; 

7 (iii) freedom of navigation operations 

8 in the territorial waters of these nations 

9 and of NATO allies in the Baltic Sea; 

10 (iv) personnel and professional mili11 tary education program exchanges; 

12 (v) United States foreign military 

13 sales; 

14 (vi) joint development of emerging 

15 technologies, including cybersecurity and 

16 telecommunications components; and 

17 (vii) coordination on critical infra18 structure, including dual-use infrastructure 

19 such as telecommunications infrastructure 

20 and port facilities; 

21 (B) trilateral cooperation between Finland 

22 and Sweden with the United States, including 

23 the military activities described in clauses (i) 

24 through (vii) of subparagraph (A) and through 


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1 the trilateral statement of intent signed by all 

2 three nations in 2018; 

3 (C) multilateral interoperability between 

4 Finland, Sweden, and all NATO partners, in5 cluding military activities described in clauses 

6 (i) through (vii) of subparagraph (A); and 

7 (D) countering disinformation campaigns 

8 that seek to diminish the relevancy and cohe9 sion of NATO or otherwise undermine or delay 

10 the collective accession process of NATO mem11 bers; and 

12 (3) calls on all NATO members to take similar, 

13 respective actions as provided in paragraph (2) to 

14 further advance the interoperability of the militaries 

15 of Finland and Sweden with NATO forces and bol16 ster European security, in conjunction with the 

17 rapid completion of their respective ratification proc18 esses. 

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