[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 89 (Thursday, June 4, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3810]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1706. Mr. SESSIONS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to 
prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 645, between lines 16 and 17, insert the following:
       (4) At the 2006 North Atlantic Treaty Organization Summit 
     in Riga, North Atlantic Treaty Organization member countries 
     committed to endeavor to spend a minimum of two per cent of 
     their national income or Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to 
     spending on defense.
       (5) At the 2014 North Atlantic Treaty Organization Summit 
     in Wales, North Atlantic Treaty Organization member countries 
     agreed that ``allies currently meeting the NATO guideline to 
     spend a minimum of 2% of their Gross Domestic Product (GDP) 
     on defense will aim to continue to do so'' and that ``allies 
     whose current proportion of GDP spent on defense is below 
     this level will: halt any decline in defense expenditure; aim 
     to increase defense expenditure in real terms as GDP grows; 
     aim to move towards the two percent guideline within a decade 
     with a view to meeting their NATO Capability Targets and 
     filling NATO's capability shortfalls''.
       (6) In 2015, four out of the 28 North Atlantic Treaty 
     Organization member countries, including the United States, 
     meet the two percent target.
       On page 646, strike line 16 and insert the following:

     spending; and
       (5) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization member countries 
     are strongly urged to meet their commitment under the Wales 
     Summit Declaration to spend two percent of their Gross 
     Domestic Product on defense.
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