IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 77 
Recognizing the 10th anniversary of the New Transatlantic Agenda, acknowl-
edging the continued importance of the transatlantic partnership between 
the United States and Europe, and promoting new initiatives to strength-
en that partnership. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 9, 2005 
Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia submitted the following resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on International Relations 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the 10th anniversary of the New Transatlantic 
Agenda, acknowledging the continued importance of the 
transatlantic partnership between the United States and 
Europe, and promoting new initiatives to strengthen that 
partnership. 
Whereas the United States and the European community are 
mindful of their common heritage and of their close his-
torical, political, economic, and cultural ties; 
Whereas the United States and the European Union (EU) 
are aware of their shared responsibility, not only to fur-
ther common interests but also to face transnational 
challenges affecting the well-being of all;
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Whereas for the past 50 years the United States and the Eu-
ropean Union have worked together in solidarity and 
partnership, based on a system of cooperation, commu-
nication, negotiation, and dialogue, to strengthen trans-
atlantic security, for the preservation and promotion of 
peace and freedom, for the development of free and pros-
perous economies, and for the promotion of human 
rights; 
Whereas in December 1995, in recognition of the importance 
of the transatlantic political and economic partnership, 
the United States and the European Union adopted a 
‘‘New Transatlantic Agenda’’ which established a frame-
work for action to promote peace, stability, democracy, 
and development around the world, to respond to global 
challenges, to contribute to the expansion of world trade 
and closer economic relations, and to broaden and 
strengthen public support for the partnership; 
Whereas as a community of compatible values and converging 
interests, the transatlantic community since 1995 has 
continued to strengthen its political partnership through 
expanding membership in the European Union and the 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and have 
integrated more deeply both economically and commer-
cially; 
Whereas as a community of action the United States and the 
European Union, since setting the new agenda, have been 
able, with some exceptions, to achieve cohesion in many 
areas essential to our ability to fulfill the many goals we 
share, such as combating and preventing terrorism, co-
operating in the fight against international crime, ad-
dressing the proliferation of nuclear, chemical, and bio-
logical weapons, and missile technology, reducing global
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poverty and communicable diseases, and resolving polit-
ical crises such as those crises in the Balkans and 
Ukraine and humanitarian tragedies such as the Decem-
ber 2004 tsunami disaster in the Indian Ocean region, 
where the positive results achieved when a common ap-
proach and effective action are developed, have been ir-
refutable; 
Whereas the new impetus to strengthen the transatlantic 
partnership developed at the United States-European 
Union Summit held in 2004 in Ireland should be used as 
the basis for revising and transforming the New Trans-
atlantic Agenda of 1995 into a ‘‘New Transatlantic Part-
nership of Action’’; 
Whereas a strategy for renewing and strengthening the trans-
atlantic partnership should consider a new agenda for 
collaboration with a defined framework, realistic action 
plans, and which builds on the strengths and capabilities 
of each partner; 
Whereas a political action plan should, along with strategies 
to address global terrorism and weapons proliferation, in-
clude strategies to address the long-term stability of Af-
ghanistan and Iraq, relations with the Arab world, North 
Korea, and Iran, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; 
Whereas the security strategies of the United States and the 
European Union should be more closely coordinated and 
a security relationship between the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization and the European Union should be devel-
oped; 
Whereas the existing transatlantic market place could be fur-
ther developed through joint policy actions in the areas
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of financial services, capital markets and regulatory re-
form, trade, competition policy, and aviation; 
Whereas joint efforts could be made to further promote 
democratic development, the rule of law, respect for 
human rights, and poverty reduction, and initiatives 
could be taken to further enhance the goal of finding so-
lutions to diseases and to support the environment; 
Whereas a greater involvement of legislators on both sides of 
the Atlantic is a fundamental element for enhancing the 
transatlantic partnership, establishing the agenda, and 
implementing the action plan; 
Whereas by acting together the United States Congress and 
the European Parliament, along with national legisla-
tures of European countries, could help promote stronger 
political, economic, defense and security cooperation and 
could help develop solutions to other global challenges; 
and 
Whereas the Transatlantic Legislators’ Dialogue should be-
come more fully active in the transatlantic partnership 
and an integral part of the consultation and implementa-
tion process of the new agenda and strategy: Now, there-
fore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes the 10th anniversary of the New 
Transatlantic Agenda and acknowledges the role it 
has played in promoting and strengthening the 
transatlantic partnership; 
(2) recognizes that both the United States and 
Europe face new challenges at home and abroad and