[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S4986]
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  SA 2679. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2025 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:

       At the end of subtitle C of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1239. GROUNDS FOR IMMEDIATE WITHDRAWAL OF THE UNITED 
                   STATES FROM NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY IF ALL NATO 
                   COUNTRIES CONSENT TO UKRAINE BEGINNING THE NATO 
                   ACCESSION PROCESS.

       Section 408 of the Mutual Security Act of 1954 (22 U.S.C. 
     1928) is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(d) Grounds for Immediate Withdrawal.--If the North 
     Atlantic Treaty Organization provides unanimous consent for 
     Ukraine to begin the accession process, such action shall be 
     grounds for the immediate withdrawal by the United States 
     from the North Atlantic Treaty in accordance with Article 13 
     of the North Atlantic Treaty.''.
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