[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 131 (Wednesday, July 30, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4941-S4942]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3171. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2026 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction,

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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. 1230B. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON NATO MEMBER DEFENSE 
                   SPENDING.

       Congress--
       (1) congratulates President Donald J. Trump and NATO 
     leadership on the new commitment to defense investment, and 
     commends the Alliance for its renewed focus on collective 
     defense;
       (2) lauds NATO members who spent more than 2 percent of 
     their GDP on defense prior to the Hague Summit;
       (3) strongly urges NATO leadership to compel members to 
     adhere to the 5 percent GDP commitment to defense spending;
       (4) calls on all NATO allies to ensure their non-
     traditional defense expenditures are demonstrably aligned 
     with legitimate defense objectives; and
       (5) reaffirms the importance of NATO and the commitment of 
     the United States Senate to maintaining a strong, capable, 
     and united Alliance.
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