That the Senate— (1) lauds NATO for its 75-year maintenance of the alliance and recognizes its foundational contributions to maintaining the safety, security, and democratic systems of its members; (2) welcomes all NATO members and observers as the United States hosts the 75th Annual Summit in July 2024, in Washington, DC; (3) recognizes the key role NATO has played in enabling the most peaceful and prosperous period in history for the North Atlantic area and also that NATO does not only benefit the defense of its own member states, but enhances security and stability beyond its borders; (4) appreciates the burden and sacrifice made by each member nation and each service member who has acted to maintain the collective security of NATO; (5) reaffirms that NATO members join by free choice, not by compulsion or coercion, and that sovereign nations should be free to choose with whom they associate and enter into alliances without fear of violent reprisal; (6) continues to affirm the importance of Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty; (7) reaffirms the importance of nuclear deterrence in NATO planning and supports the modernization and development of new systems while continuing risk-reduction discussions with our adversaries; (8) reaffirms that all NATO territory is equally under the protection of its collective defense; (9) strongly calls on all NATO member states to immediately meet their pledges and raise their defense levels above the 2 percent GDP target, and to more fully share the security burden by focusing on meeting capabilities targets, enhancing interoperability, improving readiness, and modernization to respond to the threats that face the alliance on each of its flanks; (10) urges all NATO member countries to meet their commitments to the principles of democracy, individual liberty, and the rule of law; (11) stands in robust support of those NATO members who spend 2 percent or more of their GDPs on defense and acknowledges the 8 countries that have met that goal since 2014