,,iii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #bih  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #ca1
 #bjai ,mr4 ,lee 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,cruz1 ,mr4 ,wicker1 ,mr4 ,cotton1 ,mr4 
,blunt1 ,mr4 ,johnson1 ,mr4 ,barrasso1  
,mr4 ,cramer1 ,mrs4 ,hyde-,smith1 ,mr4  
,graham1 ,mr4 ,sullivan1 ,mr4 ,tillis1  
,mr4 ,rubio1 ,mr4 ,braun1 ,mrs4         
,blackburn1 and ,mr4 ,cornyn7 submitted 
the following resolution2 which was     
referred to the ,committee on ,finance  
,,resolution  ,concurring with the      
decision to withdraw the ,united ,states
 from the ,,inf ,treaty1 and for other  
purposes4  ,whereas1 since #bjad1 the   
,united ,states ,government has found   
the ,russian ,federation to be in       
violation of the limitations in the     
,treaty between the ,united ,states of  
,america and the ,union of ,soviet      
,socialist ,republics on the            
,elimination of ,their                  
,intermediate-,range and ,shorter-,range
 ,missiles1 together with the           

,memorandum of ,understanding and ,two  
,protocols1 signed at ,washington       
,december #h1 #aihg1 and entered into   
force ,june #a1 #aihh 7commonly referred
 to as the ,,inf ,treaty72 ,whereas1 per
 ,article ,,xv of the ,,inf ,treaty1    
,each ,party shall1 in exercising its   
national sovereignty1 have the right to 
withdraw from this ,treaty if it decides
 that extraordinary events related to   
the subject matter of this ,treaty have 
jeopardized its supreme interests4 ,it  
shall give notice of its decision to    
withdraw to the other ,party six months 
prior to withdrawal from this ,treaty42 
,whereas1 on ,february #b1 #bjai1 the   
,united ,states notified the ,russian   
,federation of its intent to withdraw   
from the ,,inf ,treaty2 ,whereas the    
period of six month notice1 required by 
,article ,,xv of the ,,inf ,treaty1 will
 close on ,august #b1 #bjai2 and        
,whereas1 during the six month notice   
period1 the ,russian ,federation made no
 attempt to return to compliance with   

the terms of the ,,inf ,treaty3 ,now1   
therefore1 be it  ,that the ,senate--   
7#a7 in accordance with all powers      
delegated and implied to ,congress1     
concurs with the decision to withdraw   
the ,united ,states from the ,,inf      
,treaty2 and  7#b7 declares that-- 7,a7 
the ,united ,states is freed and        
exonerated from the stipulations of the 
,,inf ,treaty2 and  7,b7 the treaty     
shall not be regarded as legally        
obligatory on the ,government or        
citizens of the ,united ,states4