IV 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1053 
Supporting renaming NATO Headquarters after the late United States 
Senator John Sidney McCain III. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 6, 2018 
Mr. GALLAGHER (for himself, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. BACON, Mr. MOULTON, Ms. 
STEFANIK, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mrs. MUR-
PHY of Florida, Mr. KINZINGER, and Ms. SINEMA) submitted the fol-
lowing resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs 
RESOLUTION 
Supporting renaming NATO Headquarters after the late 
United States Senator John Sidney McCain III. 
Whereas the late United States Senator John Sidney McCain, 
III, wrote on February 4, 2006, ‘‘We in the transatlantic 
community should dare to dream today of the future we 
might help build in Europe’s borderlands, in Central 
Asia, and throughout the Broader Middle East. As part-
ners in a shared and historic endeavor that has already 
transformed the lives of millions, we should discount nei-
ther the power of our ideals nor the capacity of our de-
mocracies. In turning back the forces of tyranny and ter-
ror, and in helping to secure the blessings of liberty ev-
erywhere, we will embark on a project worthy of this 
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grand alliance. And in doing so, we will prevail, as we 
have prevailed before—together.’’; 
Whereas Senator McCain, as Chairman of the Committee on 
Armed Services of the Senate, said during his opening 
statement on March 23, 2017, ‘‘The price our NATO al-
lies paid in blood fighting alongside us should never be 
diminished. And we must never forget that America is 
safer and more secure because it has allies that are will-
ing to step up and share the burden of collective secu-
rity.’’; 
Whereas Senator McCain stated on July 10, 2018, ‘‘As we 
face the most complex and dangerous security environ-
ment since the end of the Cold War, we must not forget 
that America is safer and more secure because we work 
with and through our allies. Throughout the past seven 
decades, the United States and its NATO allies have 
served together, fought together, and sacrificed together 
for a vision of the world based on freedom, democracy, 
human rights and rule of law. Our enduring alliance 
stands as an important safeguard in preserving this 
world order—and it is essential to securing our national 
interests.’’; 
Whereas Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom Tom 
Tugendhat, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee in 
the House of Commons, has advocated for NATO to re-
name its headquarters after Senator McCain, saying that 
‘‘[f]ew argued more passionately for a shared commit-
ment to each other’s security or understood better that 
we are all part of one great experiment in freedom’’; 
Whereas NATO has already stated that it would ‘‘carefully 
consider’’ renaming its headquarters building after Sen-
ator McCain; 
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Whereas NATO’s new headquarters building was inaugurated 
on May 25, 2017, is the political and administrative cen-
ter for NATO activities, is home to the North Atlantic 
Council and NATO’s international staff and international 
military staff, and hosts approximately 6,000 meetings a 
year; 
Whereas former NATO Secretaries General Anders Fogh 
Rasmussen, Lord George Robertson, and Javier Solana 
have urged NATO to rename its new headquarters after 
Senator McCain, writing that ‘‘few things symbolise this 
alliance, and the enduring benefits of American global 
leadership, more vividly than the life and work of John 
McCain’’ and that ‘‘[w]hether advancing the cause of 
freedom across the former Soviet states of eastern Eu-
rope or defending the multilateral international order at 
a time of skepticism, his work was a beacon for all of us 
who believe that transatlantic unity is the only means for 
ensuring peace’’; 
Whereas current NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg 
wrote that Senator McCain ‘‘will be remembered both in 
Europe and North America for his courage and char-
acter, and as a strong supporter of NATO’’; and 
Whereas renaming NATO headquarters after Senator 
McCain would need the unanimous approval of all 29 
members of NATO: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes, as the late United States Sen-
ator John Sidney McCain III did, the immense bene-
fits to the United States and the world of the North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) alliance; 
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