[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.