[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 266 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 266

 Expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the relationship between 
certain obligations under the North Atlantic Treaty and constitutional 
                    declarations of war by Congress.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 22, 2023

Mr. Paul (for himself, Mr. Hawley, Mr. Braun, Ms. Lummis, and Mr. Lee) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
                          on Foreign Relations

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the relationship between 
certain obligations under the North Atlantic Treaty and constitutional 
                    declarations of war by Congress.

    Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that, pursuant to 
article 11 of the North Atlantic Treaty, done at Washington, District 
of Columbia, on April 4, 1949 (63 Stat. 2241; 34 U.N.T.S. 243), if the 
President determines it necessary to engage United States forces in 
hostilities in order to restore or maintain the security of the North 
Atlantic area as stated in article 5 of such treaty, such action does 
not supersede the constitutional requirement that Congress declare war 
or authorize the use of military force prior to the United States 
engaging in hostilities.
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