Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the majority of NATO member countries have failed to meet their defense spending commitment and that the United States should not continue to subsidize the security of countries that choose not to invest in their own defense.

recognizes that the 2014 Wales Summit Defense Spending Benchmark ensures the NATO Alliance can maintain the best common defense to safeguard its members in the event a mutual military response is warranted;

asserts that for far too long the majority of NATO member countries have relied on the financial contributions and military capabilities of the United States and have failed to fully invest in their own defense;

praises Estonia, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and the United Kingdom for meeting the minimum 2-percent GDP defense spending obligations in 2022;

denounces Croatia, France, Slovakia, Romania, the Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Albania, Bulgaria, Italy, Germany, Hungary, Denmark, Portugal, Turkey, Montenegro, the Czech Republic, Canada, Slovenia, Belgium, Spain, and Luxembourg’s failure to meet the minimum 2-percent GDP defense spending obligation in 2022 and strongly urges these nations to fulfill the commitment they pledged to meet;

maintains that European countries in NATO should be chiefly responsible for safeguarding the European continent and should not delay in meeting the 2-percent defense spending obligations;

expresses that the United States should not continue subsidizing NATO member countries who choose not to invest in their own defense by meeting the 2014 Wales Summit Defense Spending Benchmark; and

calls on NATO leaders to make the 2-percent defense spending pledge binding for all NATO member countries.