[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 674 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 674

 Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Marshall Plan and recognizing 
  the role of the Marshall Plan as the foundation of a transatlantic 
   community committed to the preservation of peace, prosperity, and 
                               democracy.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 14, 2022

   Mr. Menendez (for himself and Mr. Risch) submitted the following 
  resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Marshall Plan and recognizing 
  the role of the Marshall Plan as the foundation of a transatlantic 
   community committed to the preservation of peace, prosperity, and 
                               democracy.

Whereas, after World War II, the infrastructure, factories, and cities of Europe 
        were in ruins and the people of Europe were in danger of famine and 
        destitution;
Whereas, in a commencement address on June 5, 1947, at Harvard University, then-
        Secretary of State George C. Marshall proposed the framework of the 
        Economic Recovery Program (commonly known as the ``Marshall Plan'');
Whereas, in his address, Secretary Marshall declared that the Marshall Plan 
        would be successful only with ``foresight, and a willingness on the part 
        of our people to face up to the vast responsibility which history has 
        clearly placed upon our country'';
Whereas a bipartisan coalition of Congress overwhelmingly approved the Marshall 
        Plan through the passage of the Economic Cooperation Act of 1948, which 
        was signed by President Harry Truman on April 3, 1948;
Whereas, in that Act, Congress acknowledged that the ``intimate economic and 
        other relationships between the United States and the nations of 
        Europe'' and recognized that peace and general welfare on the European 
        continent are in the national interest of the United States;
Whereas the Marshall Plan helped rebuild a battered Europe, restore peace and 
        political stability, and reinforce democracy across the continent;
Whereas, under the Marshall Plan, the United States extended an offer of aid to 
        all countries in Europe, without prejudice, including to the then-Union 
        of Soviet Socialist Republics;
Whereas the Marshall Pan served as the foundation for transatlantic engagement 
        and cooperation, which led to the establishment of the Organization for 
        Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the North Atlantic 
        Treaty Organization (NATO);
Whereas continued Euro-Atlantic integration and cooperation are key to the 
        protection of peace and transatlantic values;
Whereas the brutal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine by Vladimir Putin, 
        launched on February 24, 2022, threatens the peace and principles at the 
        core of the transatlantic community;
Whereas continued transatlantic cooperation is vital to holding Vladimir Putin 
        to account for his war of choice against the Ukrainian people, and 
        supporting Ukraine as it defends its sovereignty and territorial 
        integrity amidst unconscionable war crimes committed by the Armed Forces 
        of the Russian Federation;
Whereas the United States, in cooperation with its allies and partners, is 
        committed to helping rebuild and protect the democratic Government of 
        Ukraine;
Whereas direct investment in the United States by European countries exceeds 
        trillions of dollars annually, which is a direct result of the 
        prosperous economy in Europe that was aided by investments of the United 
        States; and
Whereas the German Marshall Fund of the United States, which celebrates its 50th 
        anniversary in 2022, was established with a gift from Germany to express 
        appreciation for the support the United States provided to Europe in the 
        aftermath of World War II: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Economic 
        Recovery Program (commonly known as the ``Marshall Plan'');
            (2) recognizes the role of the Marshall Plan in founding a 
        transatlantic community committed to the preservation of peace, 
        prosperity, and democracy;
            (3) reaffirms that cooperation with allies and partners in 
        the transatlantic community to protect shared values and 
        principles is in the national interest of the United States; 
        and
            (4) congratulates the German Marshall Fund of the United 
        States on its 50th anniversary and expresses appreciation for 
        its work to champion cooperation between the United States and 
        allies and partners in Europe.
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