Title: Expressing support for the NATO alliance and increased alliance cooperation on opportunities and challenges.
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
This resolution recognizes the contributions of international treaties and alliances to the national security of the United States and other alliance members. It also calls for robust U.S. leadership within NATO and continued U.S. engagement to assist NATO allies in meeting their burden-sharing targets.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 38 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 38

    Expressing support for the NATO alliance and increased alliance 
              cooperation on opportunities and challenges.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 14, 2021

  Mr. Panetta (for himself, Mr. Meeks, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Deutch, Mr. 
 Moulton, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Kinzinger, Mr. Upton, Mr. Gallagher, and Mr. 
 Fitzpatrick) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
    Expressing support for the NATO alliance and increased alliance 
              cooperation on opportunities and challenges.

Whereas the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) came into being through 
        the North Atlantic Treaty, which entered into force on April 4, 1949, 
        between the United States of America and the other founding members of 
        the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and has served as a pillar of 
        international peace and stability, a critical component of United States 
        security, and a deterrent against adversaries and external threats;
Whereas Congress has repeatedly supported and affirmed that--

    (1) NATO is one of the most successful military alliances in history, 
deterring the outbreak of another world war, protecting the territorial 
integrity of its members, and seeing the Cold War through to a peaceful 
conclusion;

    (2) NATO remains the foundation of United States foreign policy to 
promote a Europe that is whole, free, and at peace;

    (3) the United States is solemnly committed to the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization's principle of collective defense as enumerated in 
Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty; and

    (4) each alliance member ought to honor the decision at the NATO Wales 
Summit in 2014 to spend at least 2 percent of that country's gross domestic 
product on defense by 2024;

Whereas it is the policy of the United States--

    (1) to remain a member in good standing of NATO;

    (2) to continue to work with NATO members to meet their 2014 Wales 
Defense Investment Pledge commitments; and

    (3) to support robust United States funding for the European Deterrence 
Initiative, which increases the ability of the United States and its allies 
to deter and defend against aggression;

Whereas the United States should take every action to reinforce its global 
        reputation as a country that fully complies with its obligations under 
        the international treaties to which it is a party; and
Whereas NATO was founded on the principles of democracy, individual liberty, and 
        the rule of law: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That Congress--
            (1) recognizes the contributions to the national security 
        of the United States and other alliance members derived from 
        international treaties and alliances;
            (2) supports the President's reaffirmation of the United 
        States commitment to Article 5 and to NATO collective defense 
        based on shared democratic values;
            (3) calls for--
                    (A) robust United States leadership within NATO;
                    (B) coordination with steadfast allies and partners 
                on shared peace and security concerns; and
                    (C) continued United States engagement to assist 
                NATO allies in meeting their burden-sharing targets;
            (4) supports increased cooperation on new and persistent 
        threats to democratic institutions from Russia and other 
        competitors, as well as to critical global challenges like 
        climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic; and
            (5) supports increased cooperation and dialogue relating to 
        how the alliance may modernize, pursue new opportunities, and 
        address potential internal threats to democracy.
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