S.Amdt. 197

SA 197. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him
to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024
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. 1240A. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST RESOLUTION ADVISING AND
CONSENTING TO THE RATIFICATION OF A TREATY OR
OTHER AGREEMENT TO ADMIT UKRAINE TO THE NORTH
ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION.

It shall not be in order in the Senate to proceed to the
consideration of any resolution advising and consenting to
the ratification of a treaty or other agreement to admit
Ukraine to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization until the
Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense certify to
Congress that Ukraine has settled any international dispute
in which they are involved by peaceful means consistent with
the 1995 Study on NATO Enlargement conducted by the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization.
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