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        <text>DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 987.</text>
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        <fullName>Rep. Tanner, John S. [D-TN-8]</fullName>
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        <fullName>Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12]</fullName>
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        <title>H.R. 987, NATO Freedom Consolidation Act of 2007</title>
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        <text><![CDATA[For further action, see S.494, which became Public Law 110-17 on 4/9/2007.]]></text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>NATO Freedom Consolidation Act of 2007 - Designates Albania, Croatia, Georgia, Macedonia, and Ukraine as eligible to receive assistance under the NATO Participation Act of 1994.</p> <p>States that such designation: (1) is in addition to the designation of Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slovenia pursuant to the NATO Enlargement Facilitation Act of 1996, the designation of Romania, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Bulgaria pursuant to the European Security Act of 1998, and the designation of Slovakia pursuant to the Gerald B. H. Solomon Freedom Consolidation Act of 2002 as eligible to receive assistance under the NATO Participation Act of 1994; and (2) shall not preclude the designation by the President of other countries as eligible to receive assistance under the NATO Participation Act of 1994.</p> <p>Specifies FY2008 amounts under the Arms Export Control Act for: (1) Albania; (2) Croatia; (3) Georgia; (4) Macedonia; and (5) Ukraine.</p>]]></text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)</b></p> <p>NATO Freedom Consolidation Act of 2007 - Designates Albania, Croatia, Georgia, Macedonia, and Ukraine as eligible to receive assistance under the NATO Participation Act of 1994.</p> <p>States that such designation: (1) is in addition to the designation of Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slovenia pursuant to the NATO Enlargement Facilitation Act of 1996, the designation of Romania, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Bulgaria pursuant to the European Security Act of 1998, and the designation of Slovakia pursuant to the Gerald B. H. Solomon Freedom Consolidation Act of 2002 as eligible to receive assistance under the NATO Participation Act of 1994; and (2) shall not preclude the designation by the President of other countries as eligible to receive assistance under the NATO Participation Act of 1994.</p> <p>Authorizes FY2008 appropriations for: (1) Albania; (2) Croatia; (3) Georgia; (4) Macedonia; and (5) Ukraine.</p>]]></text>
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