3.0.0 1559 2023-01-11T13:18:11Z 2023-01-11T13:18:11Z Senate S S 2009-08-03 111 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-08-03T19:07:43Z 2009-08-03 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2009-08-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES N L000504 Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] RICHARD LUGAR R IN GREEN 2009-08-03 True C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2009-10-21 False S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2009-10-21 False K000373 Sen. Kaufman, Edward E. [D-DE] Edward Kaufman D DE E. 2009-10-21 False M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO 2009-11-16 False V000126 Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH] GEORGE VOINOVICH R OH V. 2009-11-17 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2009-11-19 False International Affairs Alliances Bosnia and Herzegovina Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Europe Foreign aid and international relief International organizations and cooperation Military assistance, sales, and agreements Montenegro Serbia International Affairs 00 2009-08-03 Introduced in Senate 2009-11-10T22:51:02Z NATO-Western Balkans Support Act of 2009 - States that Congress supports the commitment to further enlargement of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to include Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro.

Expresses the sense of Congress that the existing position of political advisor within the NATO Mission in Sarajevo should be filled by an ambassadorial-level U.S. diplomat as senior civilian representative to the NATO Mission in Sarajevo.

Deems Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro as eligible to receive assistance under the NATO Participation Act of 1994.

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, and the designation of the Republic of Albania, the Republic of Croatia, Georgia, the Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), and Ukraine pursuant to the NATO Freedom Consolidation Act of 2007 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.

Authorizes FY2010 appropriations under the Arms Export Control Act for assistance to Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro.


]]> NATO-Western Balkans Support Act of 2009 Display Title NATO-Western Balkans Support Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to consolidate democracy and security in the Western Balkans by supporting the Governments and people of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro in reaching their goal of eventual NATO membership, and to welcome further NATO partnership with the Republic of Serbia, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced NATO-Western Balkans Support Act of 2009 Introduced in Senate 2009-08-03T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s1559is/xml/BILLS-111s1559is.xml 2009-08-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.