119-sres346

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 346 Introduced in Senate

    (IS) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
S. RES. 346

Urging all members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to spend a 
 minimum of 5 percent of gross domestic product on defense.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 July 30, 2025

 Mr. Kennedy (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Tuberville, Mr. Wicker, 
 Mr. Budd, Mr. Cornyn, and Ms. Lummis) submitted the following 
 resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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 RESOLUTION

Urging all members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to spend a 
 minimum of 5 percent of gross domestic product on defense.

Whereas the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

    (NATO) has long served as a 
 pillar of collective security and transatlantic cooperation, ensuring 
 stability and shared defense among member states;
Whereas President Donald J. Trump played a leading role in securing increased 
 defense spending commitments from NATO allies to ensure the Alliance 
 remains capable of addressing 21st-century threats;
Whereas the Hague Summit Declaration encouraged allies to allocate at least 5 
 percent of gross domestic product

    (GDP) to defense spending, 
 demonstrating a commitment to sharing the burden of collective defense;
Whereas the 5 percent GDP spending commitment will be split between spending 3.5 
 percent on military spending and 1.5 percent on non-traditional defense 
 spending such as infrastructure and cyber security resilience;
Whereas this target, if implemented with discipline and transparency, has the 
 potential to significantly enhance NATO's military readiness, deterrence 
 posture, and ability to respond to evolving threats including cyber 
 warfare;
Whereas the imprecise language of the Hague Agreement leaves ambiguity about the 
 requirement of all allies reaching the 5 percent of GDP goal;
Whereas the exclusion of certain member countries from the commitment to spend 5 
 percent of GDP on defense undermines fidelity to the Alliance;
Whereas the commitment to spending 5 percent of GDP on verifiable defense 
 expenditures is important to the defense of all member nations;
Whereas the inclusion of domestic infrastructure in allies' calculations toward 
 their 1.5 percent commitment to non-traditional defense expenditures 
 contributes minimally to the Alliance's ability to address external 
 threats; and
Whereas the commitment from economies of all sizes within NATO to meet the 
 former goal of spending 2 percent GDP on defense shows that not meeting 
 spending commitments is a choice of will and not of circumstance: Now, 
 therefore, be it
 Resolved, That the Senate--

    (1) congratulates President Donald J. Trump and NATO 
 leadership on the new commitment to defense investment, and 
 commends the Alliance for its renewed focus on collective 
 defense;

    (2) lauds NATO members who spent more than 2 percent of 
 their GDP on defense prior to the Hague Summit;

    (3) strongly urges NATO leadership to compel members to 
 adhere to the 5 percent GDP commitment to defense spending;

    (4) calls on all NATO allies to ensure their non-
 traditional defense expenditures are demonstrably aligned with 
 legitimate defense objectives; and

    (5) reaffirms the importance of NATO and the commitment of 
 the United States Senate to maintaining a strong, capable, and 
 united Alliance.
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