H. Res. 1130 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
July 18, 2022. 
Whereas Finland and Sweden have made a historic decision 
to deepen their security ties with the transatlantic com-
munity; 
Whereas a more resilient security architecture in Europe ad-
vances democracy, human rights, and values consistent 
with the North Atlantic Treaty; 
Whereas, on April 4, 1949, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, 
France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, 
Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United 
States formed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 
hereinafter referred to as NATO, to serve as a defensive 
alliance based on promoting democratic values and the 
peaceful mediation of disputes; 
Whereas NATO membership is open to ‘‘any other European 
state in a position to further the principles of this Treaty 
and to contribute to the security of the North Atlantic 
area’’; 
Whereas Finland and Sweden are European states with 
strong democratic foundations that share the trans-
atlantic community’s dedication to the rule of law and 
the peaceful resolution of disputes;
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Whereas Finland and Sweden have been members of NATO’s 
Partnership for Peace program since 1994 and have con-
tributed to NATO-led operations in the Balkans, Afghan-
istan, and Iraq; 
Whereas NATO established the Partnership Interoperability 
Initiative at the Wales Summit in 2014 to develop mili-
tary-to-military interoperability between select partner 
nations enabling them to contribute to future crisis man-
agement, including NATO-led operations; 
Whereas Finland and Sweden were designated inaugural En-
hanced Opportunities Partners at the Wales Summit in 
2014; 
Whereas the hard-fought post-World War II European secu-
rity architecture has been upended by the Russian Fed-
eration’s cruel full-scale invasion of Ukraine which began 
on February 24, 2022; 
Whereas the Russian Federation’s invasion has fomented the 
worst European humanitarian crisis since World War II 
with 4,339 civilian deaths, 4.8 million Ukrainian refugees 
across Europe, and 7.1 million more internally displaced 
within Ukraine, according to the United States Agency 
for International Development as of June 10, 2022; 
Whereas Finland and Sweden’s populations expressed sup-
port for NATO membership; 
Whereas Finland and Sweden’s highly capable militaries are 
interoperable with NATO forces and would increase and 
fortify NATO’s collective security by increasing the secu-
rity and stability of the Baltic Sea region and Northern 
Europe; 
Whereas officials of the Russian Federation issued threats di-
rected at Finland and Sweden prior to their decision to
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exercise their sovereign right to apply for NATO mem-
bership; 
Whereas despite these threats from the Russian Federation, 
Finland and Sweden’s national institutions have reviewed 
their policies of military nonalignment and their govern-
ments and parliaments have expressed support for apply-
ing for NATO membership; and 
Whereas in the best interests of their respective peoples, the 
European security architecture, the rule of international 
law, and democracy in Europe, Finland and Sweden have 
announced their support for NATO membership: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) expresses support for Finland and Sweden’s 
sovereign and historic decision to apply to the North At-
lantic Treaty Organization (NATO); 
(2) recognizes that Finland and Sweden’s sovereign 
and historic decision to apply to NATO is reflective of 
the will of those respective governments’ peoples; 
(3) urges all members of NATO to meet the two- 
percent defense spending pledge as agreed upon during 
the 2014 Wales Summit; 
(4) opposes any attempt by the Russian Federation 
to act in an adverse way in response to Finland and 
Sweden’s sovereign and historic decision to apply to join 
NATO;
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(5) recognizes that the accession of Finland and 
Sweden to NATO requires all 30 Allies to sign and rat-
ify protocols of accession; and 
(6) calls on the member states of NATO to formally 
support the accession of Finland and Sweden into 
NATO. 
Attest: 
Clerk.