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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSA 6221. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 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. 1229A. 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.