[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4649 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4649

To amend the Mutual Security Act of 1954 by declaring that if all NATO 
 countries consent to the accession of Ukraine to NATO membership, the 
United States will have grounds for withdrawing from the North Atlantic 
                                Treaty.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              July 9, 2024

Mr. Lee (for himself and Mr. Tuberville) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Mutual Security Act of 1954 by declaring that if all NATO 
 countries consent to the accession of Ukraine to NATO membership, the 
United States will have grounds for withdrawing from the North Atlantic 
                                Treaty.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. 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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