[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3167 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
H.R.3167
One Hundred Seventh Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the twenty-third day of January, two thousand and two
An Act
To endorse the vision of further enlargement of the NATO Alliance
articulated by President George W. Bush on June 15, 2001, and by former
President William J. Clinton on October 22, 1996, and for other
purposes.
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 ``Gerald B. H. Solomon Freedom
Consolidation Act of 2002''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) In the NATO Participation Act of 1994 (title II of Public
Law 103-447; 22 U.S.C. 1928 note), Congress declared that ``full
and active participants in the Partnership for Peace in a position
to further the principles of the North Atlantic Treaty and to
contribute to the security of the North Atlantic area should be
invited to become full NATO members in accordance with Article 10
of such Treaty at an early date . . .''.
(2) In the NATO Enlargement Facilitation Act of 1996 (title VI
of section 101(c) of title I of division A of Public Law 104-208;
22 U.S.C. 1928 note), Congress called for the prompt admission of
Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slovenia to NATO, and
declared that ``in order to promote economic stability and security
in Slovakia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Bulgaria,
Albania, Moldova, and Ukraine . . . the process of enlarging NATO
to include emerging democracies in Central and Eastern Europe
should not be limited to consideration of admitting Poland,
Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slovenia as full members of the
NATO Alliance''.
(3) In the European Security Act of 1998 (title XXVII of
division G of Public Law 105-277; 22 U.S.C. 1928 note), Congress
declared that ``Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic should not
be the last emerging democracies in Central and Eastern Europe
invited to join NATO'' and that ``Romania, Estonia, Latvia,
Lithuania, and Bulgaria . . . would make an outstanding
contribution to furthering the goals of NATO and enhancing
stability, freedom, and peace in Europe should they become NATO
members [and] upon complete satisfaction of all relevant criteria
should be invited to become full NATO members at the earliest
possible date''.
(4) At the Madrid Summit of the NATO Alliance in July 1997,
Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic were invited to join the
Alliance in the first round of NATO enlargement, and the NATO heads
of state and government issued a declaration stating ``[t]he
Alliance expects to extend further invitations in coming years to
nations willing and able to assume the responsibilities and
obligations of membership . . . [n]o European democratic country
whose admission would fulfill the objectives of the [North
Atlantic] Treaty will be excluded from consideration''.
(5) At the Washington Summit of the NATO Alliance in April
1999, the NATO heads of state and government issued a communique
declaring ``[w]e pledge that NATO will continue to welcome new
members in a position to further the principles of the [North
Atlantic] Treaty and contribute to peace and security in the Euro-
Atlantic area . . . [t]he three new members will not be the last .
. . [n]o European democratic country whose admission would fulfill
the objectives of the Treaty will be excluded from consideration,
regardless of its geographic location . . .''.
(6) In late 2002, NATO will hold a summit in Prague, the Czech
Republic, at which it will decide which additional emerging
democracies in Central and Eastern Europe to invite to join the
Alliance in the next round of NATO enlargement.
(7) In May 2000 in Vilnius, Lithuania, the foreign ministers of
Albania, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, the Former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia issued a
statement (later joined by Croatia) declaring that their countries
will cooperate in jointly seeking NATO membership in the next round
of NATO enlargement, that the realization of NATO membership by one
or more of these countries would be a success for all, and that
eventual NATO membership for all of these countries would be a
success for Europe and NATO.
(8) On June 15, 2001, in a speech in Warsaw, Poland, President
George W. Bush stated ``[a]ll of Europe's new democracies, from the
Baltic to the Black Sea and all that lie between, should have the
same chance for security and freedom--and the same chance to join
the institutions of Europe--as Europe's old democracies have . . .
I believe in NATO membership for all of Europe's democracies that
seek it and are ready to share the responsibilities that NATO
brings . . . [a]s we plan to enlarge NATO, no nation should be used
as a pawn in the agenda of others . . . [w]e will not trade away
the fate of free European peoples . . . [n]o more Munichs . . .
[n]o more Yaltas . . . [a]s we plan the Prague Summit, we should
not calculate how little we can get away with, but how much we can
do to advance the cause of freedom''.
(9) On October 22, 1996, in a speech in Detroit, Michigan,
former President William J. Clinton stated ``NATO's doors will not
close behind its first new members . . . NATO should remain open to
all of Europe's emerging democracies who are ready to shoulder the
responsibilities of membership . . . [n]o nation will be
automatically excluded . . . [n]o country outside NATO will have a
veto . . . [a] gray zone of insecurity must not reemerge in
Europe''.
SEC. 3. DECLARATIONS OF POLICY.
Congress--
(1) reaffirms its previous expressions of support for continued
enlargement of the NATO Alliance contained in the NATO
Participation Act of 1994, the NATO Enlargement Facilitation Act of
1996, and the European Security Act of 1998;
(2) supports the commitment to further enlargement of the NATO
Alliance expressed by the Alliance in its Madrid Declaration of
1997 and its Washington Summit Communique of 1999; and
(3) endorses the vision of further enlargement of the NATO
Alliance articulated by President George W. Bush on June 15, 2001,
and by former President William J. Clinton on October 22, 1996, and
urges our NATO allies to work with the United States to realize
this vision at the Prague Summit in 2002.
SEC. 4. DESIGNATION OF SLOVAKIA TO RECEIVE ASSISTANCE UNDER THE NATO
PARTICIPATION ACT OF 1994.
(a) In General.--Slovakia is designated as eligible to receive
assistance under the program established under section 203(a) of the
NATO Participation Act of 1994 (title II of Public Law 103-447; 22
U.S.C. 1928 note) and shall be deemed to have been so designated
pursuant to section 203(d)(1) of such Act.
(b) Rule of Construction.--The designation of Slovakia pursuant to
subsection (a) as eligible to receive assistance under the program
established under section 203(a) of the NATO Participation Act of
1994--
(1) is in addition to the designation of Poland, Hungary, the
Czech Republic, and Slovenia pursuant to section 606 of the NATO
Enlargement Facilitation Act of 1996 (title VI of section 101(c) of
title I of division A of Public Law 104-208; 22 U.S.C. 1928 note)
and the designation of Romania, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and
Bulgaria pursuant to section 2703(b) of the European Security Act
of 1998 (title XXVII of division G of Public Law 105-277; 22 U.S.C.
1928 note) as eligible to receive assistance under the program
established under section 203(a) of the NATO Participation Act of
1994; and
(2) shall not preclude the designation by the President of
other emerging democracies in Central and Eastern Europe pursuant
to section 203(d)(2) of the NATO Participation Act of 1994 as
eligible to receive assistance under the program established under
section 203(a) of such Act.
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF SECURITY ASSISTANCE FOR COUNTRIES DESIGNATED
UNDER THE NATO PARTICIPATION ACT OF 1994.
(a) Authorization of Foreign Military Financing.--Of the amounts
made available for fiscal year 2002 under section 23 of the Arms Export
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763)--
(1) $6,500,000 is authorized to be available on a grant basis
for Estonia;
(2) $7,000,000 is authorized to be available on a grant basis
for Latvia;
(3) $7,500,000 is authorized to be available on a grant basis
for Lithuania;
(4) $8,500,000 is authorized to be available on a grant basis
for Slovakia;
(5) $4,500,000 is authorized to be available on a grant basis
for Slovenia;
(6) $10,000,000 is authorized to be available on a grant basis
for Bulgaria; and
(7) $11,500,000 is authorized to be available on a grant basis
for Romania.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (a) of section 515 of the
Security Assistance Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-280) is amended by
striking paragraphs (1), (5), (6), (7), and (8) and redesignating
paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (9) as paragraphs (1) through (4),
respectively.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.