United States · Bill · SJRES
S.J.Res. 17 (117th)
A 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 authorizing related litigation, and for other purposes.
Introduced
15 April 2021
Last action
—
Status
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 337.
Sponsors
—
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
14 January 2025
Summary
This joint resolution requires either the advice and consent of the Senate or an act of Congress before the President may suspend, denounce, or withdraw the United States from the North Atlantic Treaty. No funds shall be authorized or appropriated to support any efforts to withdraw from the treaty without the Senate's approval by a two-thirds vote or an act of Congress. The President shall notify Congress in writing of any effort to suspend, denounce, or withdraw from the treaty no later than 48 hours after such action. This joint resolution also authorizes the Senate Legal Counsel and the General Counsel of the House of Representatives to represent Congress in judicial proceedings related to actions that are inconsistent with this resolution.
This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.
Timeline
No timeline events have been ingested for this record yet.
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.
Documents
6 official files
Reported to Senate (text)
Reported to Senate (text)
Reported to Senate · EN · 6 April 2022
Reported to Senate (PDF)
Reported to Senate · EN · 6 April 2022
Reported to Senate
summary · EN · 6 April 2022
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 15 April 2021
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 15 April 2021
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 15 April 2021
Sponsors
No sponsors or actors listed by the source.
Related records
No cross-record relationships stored yet.
Sources
PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.
- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/17
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/sjres/17