A concurrent resolution that the Congress hereby creates an Atlantic Union delegation.

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Establishes an Atlantic Union Delegation composed of eighteen eminent citizens to organize and participate in a convention made up of similar delegations from such North Atlantic Treaty allies as desire to join in this enterprise to explore the possibility of agreement on: (a) a declaration that the goal of their peoples is to transform their present alliance into a Federal union; (b) a timetable for the transition to this goal; and (c) democratic institutions to expedite the necessary stages and achieve the objective in time to save their citizens from another war or depression, and let them enjoy, as soon as possible, the greater freedom and higher moral and material blessings which federation has brought free people in the past. Provides that not more than half of the delegation's members shall be from one political party, and that all shall be citizens of high stature and wide influence, representing together a broad range of experience in the various major challenges facing this undertaking, and so conscious of its importance and urgency as to be willing to give it personally the necessary priority and time. Provides that six of the delegates shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, after consultation with the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, six by the President of the Senate, after consultation with the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, and six by the President of the United States.

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