Bill > S2174

This bill aims to withdraw the United States from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) by requiring the President to provide official notice of denunciation within 30 days of the bill's enactment. The bill's extensive findings section argues that NATO has become strategically irrelevant since the collapse of the Soviet Union, citing concerns about NATO's eastward expansion, broken assurances to Russia about territorial limits, and European NATO members' failure to meet defense spending commitments. The legislation would prohibit any U.S. government funds from being used to support NATO's common-funded budgets, including civil, military, and security investment programs. The bill contends that NATO membership is no longer in U.S. national security interests, noting that European nations have sufficient military and economic capacity to counter potential regional threats without U.S. involvement. If any part of the bill is found unconstitutional, the remaining provisions would remain in effect. The bill satisfies a previous congressional requirement for authorization of NATO treaty withdrawal and is officially titled the "Not A Trusted Organization Act" or "NATO Act".

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2174/all-info