I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4243 
To strengthen the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 22, 2012 
Mr. TURNER of Ohio (for himself and Mr. MILLER of Florida) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To strengthen the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘NATO Enhancement 
Act of 2012’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) The sustained commitment of the North At-
lantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to mutual de-
fense has made possible the democratic trans-
formation of Central and Eastern Europe. 
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(2) Lasting stability and security in Europe re-
quires the further military, economic, and political 
integration of emerging democracies into existing 
European and transatlantic structures. 
(3) NATO is not directed against any single ad-
versary and must continue to develop close partner-
ships with non-member nations. 
(4) In an era of threats from terrorism and the 
proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, the 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization has effectively 
adapted its mission and responded to new threats 
and challenges. 
(5) NATO is currently involved in several oper-
ations benefiting United States national security, in-
cluding the International Security and Assistance 
Force (ISAF) for Afghanistan, NATO’s Kosovo 
Force (KFOR), the counter-terrorism Operation Ac-
tive Endeavor in the Mediterranean Sea, anti-piracy 
Operation Ocean Shield off the Horn of Africa, sup-
port for African Union missions, as well as the com-
pleted missions of Operation Unified Protector in 
Libya in 2011, the Implementation (IFOR) and Sta-
bilization 
Forces 
(SFOR) 
in 
Bosnia 
and 
Herzegovina, Operation Essential Harvest in Mac-
edonia, training of Iraqi security forces, and human-
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itarian missions after Hurricane Katrina, in Darfur, 
and in Pakistan. 
(6) NATO serves as a force multiplier, whose 
command structures, training institutions, and mul-
tilateral exercises have generated unprecedented 
multinational contributions to United States na-
tional security priorities and enabled European sol-
diers to fight side-by-side with members of the 
United States Armed Forces. 
(7) NATO is a community of democracies that 
can act collectively to promote freedom, stability, 
and peace around the globe. 
(8) Allies who have recently acceded to NATO, 
as well as partner nations such as Bosnia and 
Herzegovina, Georgia, the Republic of Macedonia, 
and Montenegro are among the highest per capita 
contributors to NATO missions. 
(9) Members of the United States Armed 
Forces and NATO forces have provided tremendous 
sacrifice on behalf of the freedom and security of the 
NATO alliance, and those soldiers who have per-
ished fighting on behalf of the Western alliance 
should be forever remembered for their ultimate sac-
rifice. 
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