S.Res. 672

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 672 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. RES. 672

Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States should 
prioritize bilateral security partnerships over multilateral security 
partnerships and institutions.

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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

April 15 (legislative day, April 14), 2026

Mr. Lee submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Relations

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RESOLUTION

Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States should 
prioritize bilateral security partnerships over multilateral security 
partnerships and institutions.

Whereas alliances have historically allowed states to combine their capabilities 
to combat shared security challenges and promote shared values and 
interests;
Whereas, in the era of great powers and regional hegemony that followed World 
War II, alliances have operated with small and medium states standing 
behind great powers;
Whereas the United States is the most free and powerful state in world history;
Whereas the United States has a duty to secure the blessings of liberty and 
provide for the common defense of the homeland;
Whereas the United States historically contributes almost one third of the total 
funds of the United Nations budget, yet has the same voting power and 
influence as all other member states in the United Nations;
Whereas the United States historically spends more than twice as much money on 
defense as all the other member states of the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization combined;
Whereas the United States historically contributed almost one quarter of the 
total funds of the World Health Organization budget when the United 
States was a member of the World Health Organization;
Whereas the United States has contributed significantly to other multilateral 
institutions and multilateral security agreements at the expense of 
United States taxpayers and has failed to deliver returns on investment 
to Americans;
Whereas the significant financial and security contributions the United States 
has provided to multilateral institutions has not served United States 
interests of securing the blessings of liberty or providing for the 
common defense of the homeland;
Whereas bilateral agreements deliver stronger outcomes for the United States and 
put the United States in a more favorable position to advance its 
interests;
Whereas bilateral negotiations give the United States more leverage, and 
diplomacy is tailored to the culture, needs, and capabilities of each 
partner country;
Whereas bilateral agreements are often stronger, easier to secure, and can be 
amended more feasibly as the security environment and the interests of 
the United States change;
Whereas the United States is not coerced to relinquish its interests at the 
expense of the interests of other great powers and adversaries which are 
hostile towards the United States;
Whereas many multilateral agreements and institutions have outlived their 
original objectives and do not accurately represent the shared interests 
of the member states;
Whereas the United Nations is fraught with ideologies that do not align with the 
United States, including Marxism, antisemitism, climate alarmism, and 
other extremist ideologies that contradict the values of liberty and 
prosperity represented by the United States;
Whereas many of the countries that perpetrate gross violations of human rights 
against women, children, and minorities are active and influential 
members in the very United Nations bodies tasked with human rights 
protections;
Whereas the World Health Organization proved to be a puppet of the Chinese 
Communist Party, an adversary of the United States during the COVID-19 
pandemic, and failed to make meaningful reforms following the pandemic;
Whereas the United Nations repeatedly protects the interests of adversaries of 
the United States by excluding Taiwan from participating in the United 
Nations system and elevating false Chinese data over other countries' 
data through the World Health Organization;
Whereas the objectives of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization outlined in the 
North Atlantic Treaty, done at Washington on April 4, 1949, were reached 
upon the dissolution of the Soviet Union, and several member states 
within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization no longer share values and 
interests with the United States;
Whereas the members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization have failed to 
assist the United States during its time of crisis facing the Iranian 
regime, which repeatedly threatened the interests of all North Atlantic 
Treaty states with terrorist proxies; and
Whereas the interests and priorities of the United States are best served by 
bilateral security agreements with its partners and allies and not by 
multilateral security agreements or institutions: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Senate--
(1) expresses that the United States must use its power, 
influence, and resources to encourage small and medium states 
to choose the United States as its great power partner and ally 
of choice;
(2) recognizes that the United States should prioritize 
bilateral security agreements over multilateral security 
agreements and institutions; and
(3) determines that the United States should withdraw 
support for multilateral security agreements or institutions 
that undermine United States interests.
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