[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
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[H.R. 3167 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3167

   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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 24, 2001

  Mr. Bereuter (for himself, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Hastert, Mr. Bonior, Mr. 
Armey, Mr. Hyde, Mr. Gilman, Mr. Goss, Mr. Cox, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. Mica, 
 and Mr. Tanner) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                the Committee on International Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
   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 ``Freedom Consolidation Act of 2001''.

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.
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