[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 198 (Monday, November 15, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S8163]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4643. Mr. RISCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to 
the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

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       (2) NATO remains the strongest and most successful 
     political-military alliance in the world, founded on a 
     commitment by its members to uphold the principles of 
     democracy, individual liberty, and the rule of law;
       (3) NATO's contributions to collective defense are 
     indispensable to the security, prosperity, and freedom of its 
     members;
       (4) the United States reaffirms its ironclad commitment to 
     NATO as the foundation of transatlantic security and to 
     upholding its obligations under the North Atlantic Treaty, 
     including Article 5;
       (5) NATO is meant to be an alliance of countries with 
     shared democratic values and the United States reaffirms its 
     commitment to Article 2 of the North Atlantic Treaty, which 
     states the following: ``The Parties will contribute toward 
     the further development of peaceful and friendly 
     international relations by strengthening their free 
     institutions, by bringing about a better understanding of the 
     principles upon which these institutions are founded, and by 
     promoting conditions of stability and well-being. They will 
     seek to eliminate conflict in their international economic 
     policies and will encourage economic collaboration between 
     any or all of them.'';
       (6) the commitment of NATO allies during 18 years of 
     security, humanitarian, and stabilization operations in 
     Afghanistan has been invaluable, and the sacrifices of NATO 
     allies deserve the highest order of respect and gratitude;
       (7) the United States remains focused on long-term 
     strategic competition with Russia, and a strong NATO alliance 
     plays an essential role in addressing such competition and 
     mitigating shared security concerns;
       (8) the United States should--
       (A) deepen defense cooperation with non-NATO European 
     partners, bilaterally and as part of the NATO alliance; and
       (B) encourage security sector cooperation between NATO and 
     non-NATO defense partners that complements and strengthens 
     collective defense, interoperability, and allies' commitment 
     to Article 3 of the North Atlantic Treaty;
       (9) bolstering NATO cooperation and enhancing security 
     relationships with non-NATO European partners to counter 
     Russian aggression, including Russia's use of hybrid warfare 
     tactics and its willingness to use military power to alter 
     the status quo, strengthens the United States security 
     interests for long-term strategic competition;
       (10) the European Deterrence Initiative, through 
     investments to increase United States military presence, 
     bolster exercises and training, enhance pre-positioning of 
     equipment, improve infrastructure, and build partner 
     capacity, and investments toward such efforts by NATO allies 
     and other allies and partners, remain critical to ensuring 
     collective defense in the future;
       (11) the United States should--
       (A) continue to support efforts by NATO allies to replace 
     Soviet-era military systems and equipment with systems that 
     are interoperable among NATO members; and
       (B) work with NATO allies and other allies and partners to 
     build permanent mechanisms to strengthen supply chains, 
     enhance supply chain security, and fill supply chain gaps, 
     including in critical sectors such as defense, energy, and 
     health;
       (12) the United States and NATO allies should--
       (A) continue--
       (i) to carry out key initiatives to enhance readiness, 
     military mobility, and national resilience in support of 
     NATO's ongoing COVID-19 pandemic response efforts;
       (ii) to collaborate on ways to enhance collective security, 
     with a focus on emerging and revolutionary technologies such 
     as quantum computing, artificial intelligence, fifth 
     generation telecommunications networks, and machine learning; 
     and
       (iii) to build on recent progress in achieving defense 
     spending goals agreed to at the 2014 Wales Summit and 
     reaffirmed at the 2016 Warsaw Summit and the 2021 Brussels 
     Summit, and to build consensus to invest in the full range of 
     defense capabilities necessary to deter and defend against 
     potential adversaries; and
       (B) expand cooperation efforts on cybersecurity issues to 
     prevent adversaries and criminals from compromising critical 
     systems and infrastructure; and
       (13) [the United States should] encourage the development 
     of a new NATO strategic concept that addresses the threats to 
     NATO that have emerged since NATO's last strategic concept 
     was published in 2010, including--
       (A) a militarily resurgent Russia Federation, which is 
     engaged in conflicts in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and the 
     Middle East;
       (B) the expansionist ambitions of the People's Republic of 
     China, which increasingly threaten the economic and political 
     integrity and physical security of NATO members; and
       (C) transnational threats from rogue entities, such as 
     extremist terrorist groups and criminal hacker groups.
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