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1	1	III
2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION S. RES. 75
5	5	Expressing the sense of the Senate that member countries of NATO must
6	6	commit at least 2 percent of their national gross domestic product
7	7	to national defense spending to hold leadership or benefit at the expense
8	8	of those counties who meet their obligations.
9	9	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
10	10	FEBRUARY12, 2025
11	11	Mr. T
12	12	ILLIS(for himself, Mr. JUSTICE, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. SHEEHY, Mr. LEE,
13	13	Mr. D
14	14	AINES, and Mrs. CAPITO) submitted the following resolution; which
15	15	was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
16	16	RESOLUTION
17	17	Expressing the sense of the Senate that member countries
18	18	of NATO must commit at least 2 percent of their na-
19	19	tional gross domestic product to national defense spend-
20	20	ing to hold leadership or benefit at the expense of those
21	21	counties who meet their obligations.
22	22	Whereas, in 2014, the heads of state and governments of the
23	23	member countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-
24	24	tion (commonly known as ‘‘NATO’’) renewed their earlier
25	25	commitment to invest 2 percent of their national gross
26	26	domestic product (referred to in this preamble as
27	27	‘‘GDP’’) to defense spending to help ensure the continued
28	28	military readiness of NATO;
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32	32	Whereas NATO considers the 2 percent commitment as a
33	33	floor and not a ceiling for what member countries of
34	34	NATO have committed to invest in their national defense
35	35	efforts;
36	36	Whereas the current global security environment has caused
37	37	the current leadership of NATO and the United States
38	38	to consider raising this commitment even higher;
39	39	Whereas 23 of the 31 member countries spent at least 2 per-
40	40	cent of their GDP on national defense in 2024;
41	41	Whereas, since the year 2000, NATO has lost almost
42	42	$2,000,000,000,000 in mutual defense spending capa-
43	43	bility from member countries not meeting the commit-
44	44	ment of 2 percent of their GDP towards defense; and
45	45	Whereas it is in the interest of all member countries to meet
46	46	the 2 percent minimum commitment or have a plan in
47	47	place to do so before the opening session of the NATO
48	48	Summit in The Hague, which is scheduled to take place
49	49	in June 2025: Now, therefore, be it
50	50	Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that— 1
51	51	(1) any citizen of a member country of the 2
52	52	North Atlantic Treaty Organization (commonly 3
53	53	known as ‘‘NATO’’) that is not meeting its commit-4
54	54	ment to spend 2 percent of its gross domestic prod-5
55	55	uct (referred to in this resolution as ‘‘GDP’’) on na-6
56	56	tional defense should not be allowed to hold any po-7
57	57	sition within the leadership of NATO, including po-8
58	58	sitions such as— 9
59	59	(A) the Secretary General of NATO; 10
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63	63	(B) the Deputy Secretary General of 1
64	64	NATO; 2
65	65	(C) any Assistant Secretaries General of 3
66	66	NATO; 4
67	67	(D) the NATO Spokesperson; and 5
68	68	(E) any uniformed military leadership or 6
69	69	command positions within the structure of 7
70	70	NATO at the 2-star (OF–7) level or above; and 8
71	71	(2) any member country of NATO that fails to 9
72	72	meet its commitment to spend 2 percent of its GDP 10
73	73	on national defense should not be allowed to host 11
74	74	any significant formal or informal meetings, con-12
75	75	ferences, or summits of NATO at the ministerial 13
76	76	level or above, outside established routine corporate 14
77	77	processes of NATO that direct military operations or 15
78	78	coordination at a headquarters location, that would 16
79	79	provide substantial economic benefit to the economy 17
80	80	and enable the ability for that member country to 18
81	81	receive international recognition, including— 19
82	82	(A) the NATO Summit; 20
83	83	(B) meetings of NATO Ministers of For-21
84	84	eign Affairs; 22
85	85	(C) NATO Parliamentary Assembly ses-23
86	86	sions; and 24
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90	90	(D) the NATO Youth Summit or similar 1
91	91	events. 2
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