Requiring the advice and consent of the Senate or an Act of Congress to suspend, terminate, or withdraw the United States from the North Atlantic Treaty and authorizing related litigation, and for other purposes.

IA 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. J. RES. 41 Requiring the advice and consent of the Senate or an Act of Congress to suspend, terminate, or withdraw the United States from the North Atlantic Treaty and authorizing related litigation, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 4, 2019 Mr. GALLEGO (for himself, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. HURD of Texas, and Ms. STEFANIK) submitted the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- tion of the committee concerned JOINT RESOLUTION Requiring the advice and consent of the Senate or an Act of Congress to suspend, terminate, or withdraw the United States from the North Atlantic Treaty and au- thorizing related litigation, and for other purposes. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 1 of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:50 Feb 04, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HJ41.IH HJ41 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HJ 41 IH SECTION 1. OPPOSITION OF CONGRESS TO SUSPENSION, 1 TERMINATION, OR WITHDRAWAL FROM 2 NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY. 3 The President may not suspend, terminate, or with- 4 draw the United States from the North Atlantic Treaty, 5 done at Washington, DC, April 4, 1949, except by and 6 with the advice and consent of the Senate, provided two- 7 thirds of the Senators present concur, or pursuant to an 8 Act of Congress. 9 SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON THE USE OF FUNDS. 10 No funds authorized or appropriated by any Act may 11 be used to support, directly or indirectly, any efforts on 12 the part of any United States Government official to take 13 steps to suspend, terminate, or withdraw the United 14 States from the North Atlantic Treaty, done at Wash- 15 ington, DC, April 4, 1949, until such time as the Senate 16 passes, by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of Senators, 17 a resolution advising and consenting to the suspension, 18 termination, or withdrawal of the United States from the 19 treaty, or pursuant to an Act of Congress. 20 SEC. 3. NOTIFICATION OF TREATY ACTION. 21 The President shall notify the Committee on Foreign 22 Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign 23 Affairs of the House of Representatives in writing of any 24 effort to suspend, terminate, or withdraw the United 25 States from the North Atlantic Treaty, as soon as possible 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:50 Feb 04, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HJ41.IH HJ41 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •HJ 41 IH but in no event later than 48 hours after any such action 1 is taken. 2 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF LEGAL COUNSEL TO REP- 3 RESENT CONGRESS. 4 Both the Senate Legal Counsel and the General 5 Counsel to the House of Representatives are authorized 6 to independently or collectively represent Congress in initi- 7 ating or intervening in any judicial proceedings in any 8 Federal court of competent jurisdiction on behalf of Con- 9 gress in order to oppose any effort to suspend, terminate, 10 or withdraw the United States from the North Atlantic 11 Treaty in a manner inconsistent with this joint resolution. 12 SEC. 5. REPORTING REQUIREMENT. 13 Any legal counsel operating pursuant to section 4 14 shall report as soon as practicable to the Committee on 15 Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on 16 Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives with re- 17 spect to any judicial proceedings which the Senate Legal 18 Counsel or the General Counsel to the House of Rep- 19 resentatives, as the case may be, initiates or in which it 20 intervenes pursuant to this resolution. 21 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:50 Feb 04, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HJ41.IH HJ41 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS