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                                                       Calendar No. 335
116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. J. RES. 4

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.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 17, 2019

    Mr. Kaine (for himself, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Reed, Mr. Graham, Mr. 
    Blumenthal, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Coons, Ms. Collins, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. 
   Feinstein, Mr. Moran, Mr. Jones, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Menendez, Mrs. 
  Shaheen, and Mr. Markey) introduced the following joint resolution; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

                           December 17, 2019

                Reported by Mr. Risch, with an amendment
[Strike out all after the resolving clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                            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.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. OPPOSITION OF CONGRESS TO SUSPENSION, TERMINATION, 
              OR WITHDRAWAL FROM NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The President shall not suspend, terminate, 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.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON THE USE OF FUNDS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    No funds authorized or appropriated by any Act may be used 
to support, directly or indirectly, any efforts on the part of any 
United States Government official to take steps to suspend, terminate, 
or withdraw the United States from the North Atlantic Treaty, done at 
Washington, DC, April 4, 1949, until such time as the Senate passes, by 
an affirmative vote of two-thirds of Members, a resolution advising and 
consenting to the withdrawal of the United States from the treaty or 
pursuant to an Act of Congress.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 3. NOTIFICATION OF TREATY ACTION.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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 effort to suspend, 
terminate, or withdraw the United States from the North Atlantic 
Treaty, as soon as possible but in no event later than 48 hours after 
any such action is taken.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF LEGAL COUNSEL TO REPRESENT 
              CONGRESS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Both the Senate Legal Counsel and the General Counsel to 
the House of Representatives are authorized to independently or 
collectively represent Congress in initiating or intervening in any 
judicial proceedings in any Federal court of competent jurisdiction on 
behalf of Congress in order to oppose any effort to suspend, terminate, 
or withdraw the United States from the North Atlantic Treaty in a 
manner inconsistent with this joint resolution.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 5. REPORTING REQUIREMENT.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Any legal counsel operating pursuant to section 4 shall 
report as soon as practicable to the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate and 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 this resolution.</DELETED>

SECTION 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.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON THE USE OF FUNDS.

    No funds authorized or appropriated by any Act may be used to 
support, directly or indirectly, any efforts on the part of any United 
States Government official to take steps 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.

SEC. 3. NOTIFICATION OF TREATY ACTION.

    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 effort to suspend, terminate, 
denounce, or withdraw the United States from the North Atlantic Treaty, 
as soon as possible but in no event later than 48 hours after any such 
action is taken.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF LEGAL COUNSEL TO REPRESENT CONGRESS.

    Both the Senate Legal Counsel and the General Counsel to the House 
of Representatives are authorized to independently or collectively 
represent Congress in initiating or intervening in any judicial 
proceedings in any Federal court of competent jurisdiction on behalf of 
Congress in order to oppose any effort to suspend, terminate, denounce, 
or withdraw the United States from the North Atlantic Treaty in a 
manner inconsistent with this joint resolution.

SEC. 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 
and 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.

SEC. 6. 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.




                                                       Calendar No. 335

116th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                              S. J. RES. 4

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                            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.

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                           December 17, 2019

                       Reported with an amendment