Sec. 1272. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON DEFENSE MODERNIZATION BY NATO COUNTRIES

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## SEC. 1272 SENSE OF CONGRESS ON DEFENSE MODERNIZATION BY NATO COUNTRIES ###

(a)Findings Congress findings the following: ####

(1)At the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

(NATO)summit in Wales in September 2014, NATO members made important commitments to reverse the decline in their defense budgets and to aim to move toward the NATO guideline to spend a minimum of two percent of each member’s Gross Domestic Product on defense within a decade. ####

(2)At the Wales summit, NATO members declared that increased investments in defense should be directed towards meeting the capability priorities of the Alliance. ###

(b)Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— ####

(1)the United States should work with other NATO members as they seek to modernize their defense capabilities to encourage such members to procure defense systems, including air and missile defense systems, that are interoperable with NATO defense systems and help fill critical NATO shortfalls; ####

(2)such United States efforts to facilitate the modernization of defense capabilities are particularly important to help address the security requirements of the newer members of NATO in Eastern Europe; and ####

(3)the United States stands ready to assist other NATO members to modernize their defense capabilities and restructure their armed forces consistent with the objectives set out at the NATO summit in Wales in September 2014.