A joint resolution requiring the advice and consent of the Senate or an Act of Congress to suspend, terminate, or withdraw the United States from the North Atlantic Treaty and authorizing related litigation, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-sjres-37
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA]
Introduced: 2023-07-12
Policy area: International Affairs
Latest action: action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-07-12
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This joint resolution requires either the advice and consent of the Senate or an act of Congress before the President may suspend, denounce, or withdraw the United States from the North Atlantic Treaty. No funds may be used to support any decisions to suspend, denounce, or withdraw the United States from the treaty unless (1) both the House and the Senate pass a joint resolution approving withdrawal by a two-thirds vote, or (2) the funds are used pursuant to an act of Congress.</p> <p>The President shall notify Congress in writing of any deliberation or decision to suspend, denounce, or withdraw from the treaty at least 180 days before taking such action. The President must also consult with Congress before providing such written notification. </p> <p>Upon adoption of a resolution by the appropriate chamber, the joint resolution also allows the Senate Legal Counsel and the General Counsel of the House of Representatives to represent Congress in judicial proceedings related to actions that are inconsistent with this resolution.</p>

tv_txt: IIA 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. J. RES. 37 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 12, 2023 Mr. Kaine (for himself, Mr. Rubio , Mr. Blumenthal , Mr. Moran , Mrs. Feinstein , Mr. Cardin , Mr. King , Ms. Klobuchar , Mr. Merkley , Mr. Durbin , Mr. Warner , and Mrs. Shaheen ) introduced the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations JOINT RESOLUTION Requiring the advice and consent of the Senate or an Act of Congress to suspend, terminate, or withdraw the United States from the North Atlantic Treaty and authorizing related litigation, and for other purposes.

1. Opposition of Congress to suspension, termination, denunciation, or withdrawal from North Atlantic Treaty The President shall not suspend, terminate, denounce, or withdraw the United States from the North Atlantic Treaty, done at Washington, DC, April 4, 1949, except by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, provided that two-thirds of the Senators present concur, or pursuant to an Act of Congress. 2. Limitation on the use of funds No funds authorized or appropriated by any Act may be used to support, directly or indirectly, any decision on the part of any United States Government official to suspend, terminate, denounce, or withdraw the United States from the North Atlantic Treaty, done at Washington, DC, April 4, 1949, until such time as both the Senate and the House of Representatives pass, by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of Members, a joint resolution approving the withdrawal of the United States from the treaty, or pursuant to an Act of Congress. 3. Notification of treaty action (a) Consultation Prior to the notification described in subsection (b), the President shall consult with the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives in relation to any initiative to suspend, terminate, denounce, or withdraw the United States from the North Atlantic Treaty. (b) Notification The President shall notify the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives in writing of any deliberation or decision to suspend, terminate, denounce, or withdraw the United States from the North Atlantic Treaty, as soon as possible but in no event later than 180 days prior to taking such action. 4. Authorization of Legal Counsel to represent Congress (a) In general By adoption of a resolution of the Senate or the House of Representatives, respectively, the Senate Legal Counsel or the General Counsel to the House of Representatives may be authorized to initiate, or intervene in, in the name of the Senate or the House of Representatives, as the case may be, independently, or jointly, any judicial proceedings in any Federal court of competent jurisdiction in order to oppose any action to suspend, terminate, denounce, or withdraw the United States from the North Atlantic Treaty in a manner inconsistent with this resolution. (b) Consideration Any resolution or joint resolution introduced relevant to North Atlantic Treaty-related matters and pursuant to section 4(a) of this title shall be considered in accordance with the procedures of section 601(b) of the International Security Assistance and Arms Export Control Act of 1976 ( Public Law 94–329 ; 90 Stat. 765). 5. Reporting requirement Any legal counsel operating pursuant to section 4 shall report as soon as practicable to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate or the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives with respect to any judicial proceedings which the Senate Legal Counsel or the General Counsel to the House of Representatives, as the case may be, initiates or in which it intervenes pursuant to section 4. 6. Rule of construction Nothing in this resolution shall be construed to authorize, imply, or otherwise indicate that the President may suspend, terminate, denounce, or withdraw from any treaty to which the Senate has provided its advice and consent without the advice and consent of the Senate to such act or pursuant to an Act of Congress. 7. Severability If any provision of this resolution or the application of such provision is held by a Federal court to be unconstitutional, the remainder of this resolution and the application of such provisions to any other person or circumstance shall not be affected thereby. 8. Definitions In this resolution, the terms withdrawal , denunciation , suspension , and termination have the meaning given the terms in the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, concluded at Vienna May 23, 1969.