§1928f Limitation on Withdrawal From the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Summary

The President must not suspend, end, denounce, or withdraw the United States from the North Atlantic Treaty (NATO), made at Washington, D.C., April 4, 1949, unless the Senate gives its advice and consent with two-thirds of the Senators present agreeing, or Congress passes a law allowing it. No money from any Act of Congress may be used to support such a decision unless one of those two things happens. Before notifying Congress, the President must consult with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee. The President must then tell those committees in writing as soon as possible, and no later than 180 days before taking the action. If a court finds part of this invalid, the rest stays in force. The words withdrawal, denunciation, suspension, and termination mean what the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (concluded May 23, 1969) says.