[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2550 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2550

To amend the American Servicemembers' Protection Act of 2002 to provide 
clarification with respect to the eligibility of certain countries for 
                   United States military assistance.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 19, 2003

 Mr. Shimkus (for himself, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Skelton, and Mr. Oberstar) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                        International Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the American Servicemembers' Protection Act of 2002 to provide 
clarification with respect to the eligibility of certain countries for 
                   United States military assistance.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN COUNTRIES FOR UNITED STATES MILITARY 
              ASSISTANCE.

    (a) Amendment.--Section 2007(d)(1) of the American Servicemembers' 
Protection Act of 2002 (title II of Public Law 107-206) is amended by 
adding at the end before the semicolon the following: ``or a country 
that has concluded a protocol with NATO for the accession of the 
country to NATO''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on July 1, 2003.
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