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To prohibit actions or expenditure of funds to purchase a North Atlantic Treaty Organization member country or NATO-protected territory.
Summary
The bill prohibits any Federal department or agency from taking actions or expending funds to purchase a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member country or NATO-protected territory. This prohibition applies to all NATO member countries and any territories protected under the North Atlantic Treaty, originally signed on April 4, 1949. The bill establishes a blanket prohibition without exceptions or conditions on any such purchase attempts or related federal expenditures.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Amo, Gabe [D-RI-1] (D-RI)
35 cosponsors
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC)
- Rep. Balint, Becca [D-VT-At Large] (D-VT)
- Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-2] (D-PA)
- Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4] (D-PA)
- Rep. Dexter, Maxine [D-OR-3] (D-OR)
- Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-37] (D-TX)
- Rep. Elfreth, Sarah [D-MD-3] (D-MD)
- Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11] (D-IL)
- Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8] (D-CA)
- Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29] (D-TX)
- Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10] (D-NY)
- Rep. Hoyer, Steny H. [D-MD-5] (D-MD)
- Rep. Hoyle, Val T. [D-OR-4] (D-OR)
- Rep. Jackson, Jonathan L. [D-IL-1] (D-IL)
- Rep. Jacobs, Sara [D-CA-51] (D-CA)
- Rep. Johnson, Julie [D-TX-32] (D-TX)
- Rep. Kamlager-Dove, Sydney [D-CA-37] (D-CA)
- Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9] (D-MA)
- Rep. Liccardo, Sam T. [D-CA-16] (D-CA)
- Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] (D-MA)
- Rep. Magaziner, Seth [D-RI-2] (D-RI)
- Rep. McBride, Sarah [D-DE-At Large] (D-DE)
- Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5] (D-NY)
- Rep. Mfume, Kweisi [D-MD-7] (D-MD)
- Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6] (D-MA)
- Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12] (D-NY)
- Rep. Olszewski, Johnny [D-MD-2] (D-MD)
- Rep. Pallone, Frank [D-NJ-6] (D-NJ)
- Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19] (D-CA)
- Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] (D-ME)
- Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] (D-IL)
- Rep. Ryan, Patrick [D-NY-18] (D-NY)
- Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5] (D-PA)
- Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-14] (D-CA)
- Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] (D-NV)
Actions (2)
- Jan 15, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. · house
- Jan 15, 2026 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 15, 2026
Mr. Amo (for himself, Mr. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Keating, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Garamendi, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. Goldman of New York, Ms. Hoyle of Oregon, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. McBride, Mr. Moulton, Ms. Norton, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Quigley, Ms. Scanlon, and Mr. Swalwell) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
A BILL
To prohibit actions or expenditure of funds to purchase a North Atlantic Treaty Organization member country or NATO-protected territory.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “No Outsourcing of National Assets to Treaty Organizations for Purchase Act” or the “NO NATO for Purchase Act”.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON ACTIONS OR EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS TO PURCHASE A NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION MEMBER COUNTRY OR NATO-PROTECTED TERRITORY.
No Federal department or agency may take any action or expend any funds to purchase a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member country or NATO-protected territory as described in the North Atlantic Treaty, done at Washington on April 4, 1949. <all>
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