[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 60 (Friday, May 9, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4282-S4285]
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                     EXECUTIVE REPORT OF COMMITTEES

  The following executive report of committee was submitted:

       Mr. HELMS, from the Committee on Foreign Relations:
       Treaty Doc. 105-5 Flank Document Agreement to the CFE 
     Treaty (Exec. Rept. No. 105-1):

                         Treaty Doc. No. 105-5

       The Committee on Foreign Relations to which was referred 
     the Document Agreed Among the States Parties to the Treaty on 
     Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) of November 19, 
     1990, adopted at Vienna on May 31, 1996 (``The Flank 
     Document'')--The Flank Document is Annex A of the Final 
     Document of the First CFE Review Conference, having 
     considered the same, reports favorably thereon with 14 
     conditions and recommends that the Senate give its advice and 
     consent to ratification thereof subject to the 14 conditions 
     as set forth in this report and the accompanying resolution 
     of ratification.


   TEXT OF THE COMMITTEE-RECOMMENDED RESOLUTION OF ADVICE AND CONSENT

       Resolved (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring 
     therein),

     SECTION 1. SENATE ADVICE AND CONSENT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS.

       The Senate advises and consents to the ratification of the 
     CFE Flank Document (as defined in section 3 of this 
     resolution), subject to the conditions in section 2.

     SEC. 2. CONDITIONS.

       The Senate's advice and consent to the ratification of the 
     CFE Flank Document is subject to the following fourteen 
     conditions, which shall be binding upon the President:
       (1) Policy of the united states.--Nothing in the CFE Flank 
     Document shall be construed as altering the policy of the 
     United States to achieve the immediate and complete 
     withdrawal of any armed forces and military equipment under 
     the control of the Russian Federation that are deployed on 
     the territories of the independent states of the former 
     Soviet Union (as defined in section 3 of the FREEDOM Support 
     Act) without the full and complete agreement of those states.
       (2) Violations of state sovereignty.--
       (A) Finding.--The Senate finds that armed forces and 
     military equipment under the control of the Russian 
     Federation are currently deployed on the territories of 
     States Parties without the full and complete agreement of 
     those States Parties.
       (B) Initiation of discussions.--The Secretary of State 
     should, as a priority matter, initiate discussions with the 
     relevant States Parties with the objective of securing the 
     immediate withdrawal of all armed forces and military 
     equipment under the control of the Russian Federation 
     deployed on the territory of any State Party without the full 
     and complete agreement of that State Party.
       (C) Statement of policy.--Prior to the deposit of the 
     United States instrument of ratification, the President shall 
     certify to the Senate that the United States and the 
     governments of Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, 
     Greece, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, 
     Portugal, Spain, Turkey, and the United Kingdom have issued a 
     joint statement affirming that--
       (i) the CFE Flank Document does not give any State Party 
     the right to station (under Article IV, paragraph 5 of the 
     Treaty) or temporarily deploy (under Article V, paragraphs 1 
     (B) and (C) of the Treaty) conventional armaments and 
     equipment limited by the Treaty on the territory of other 
     States Parties to the Treaty without the freely expressed 
     consent of the receiving State Party;
       (ii) the CFE Flank Document does not alter or abridge the 
     right of any State Party under the Treaty to utilize fully 
     its declared maximum levels for conventional armaments and 
     equipment limited by the Treaty notified pursuant to Article 
     VII of the Treaty; and
       (iii) the CFE Flank Document does not alter in any way the 
     requirement for the freely expressed consent of all States 
     Parties concerned in the exercise of any reallocations 
     envisioned under Article IV, paragraph 3 of the CFE Flank 
     Document.
       (3) Facilitation of negotiations.--
       (A) United states action.--
       (i) In general.--The United States, in entering into any 
     negotiation described in clause (ii) involving the government 
     of Moldova, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, or Georgia, including the 
     support of United States intermediaries in the negotiation, 
     will limit its diplomatic activities to--

       (I) achieving the equal and unreserved application by all 
     States Parties of the principles of the Helsinki Final Act, 
     including, in particular, the principle that ``States will

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     respect each other's sovereign equality and individuality as 
     well as all the rights inherent in and encompassed by its 
     sovereignty, including in particular, the right of every 
     State to juridical equality, to territorial integrity, and to 
     freedom and political independence.'';
       (II) ensuring that Moldova, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, and 
     Georgia retain the right under the Treaty to reject, or 
     accept conditionally, any request by another State Party to 
     temporarily deploy conventional armaments and equipment 
     limited by the Treaty on its territory; and
       (III) ensuring the right of Moldova, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, 
     and Georgia to reject, or to accept conditionally, any 
     request by another State Party to reallocate the current 
     quotas of Moldova, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, as the 
     case may be, applicable to conventional armaments and 
     equipment limited by the Treaty and as established under the 
     Tashkent Agreement.

       (ii) Negotiations covered.--A negotiation described in this 
     clause is any negotiation conducted pursuant to paragraph (2) 
     or (3) of Section IV of the CFE Flank Document or pursuant to 
     any side statement or agreement related to the CFE Flank 
     Document concluded between the United States and the Russian 
     Federation.
       (B) Other agreements.--Nothing in the CFE Flank Document 
     shall be construed as providing additional rights to any 
     State Party to temporarily deploy forces or to reallocate 
     quotas for conventional armaments and equipment limited by 
     the Treaty beyond the rights accorded to all States Parties 
     under the original Treaty and as established under the 
     Tashkent Agreement.
       (4) Noncompliance.--
       (A) In general.--If the President determines that 
     persuasive information exists that a State Party is in 
     violation of the Treaty or the CFE Flank Document in a manner 
     which threatens the national security interests of the United 
     States, then the President shall--
       (i) consult with the Senate and promptly submit to the 
     Senate a report detailing the effect of such actions;
       (ii) seek on an urgent basis an inspection of the relevant 
     State Party in accordance with the provisions of the Treaty 
     or the CFE Flank Document with the objective of demonstrating 
     to the international community the act of noncompliance;
       (iii) seek, or encourage, on an urgent basis, a meeting at 
     the highest diplomatic level with the relevant State Party 
     with the objective of bringing the noncompliant State Party 
     into compliance;
       (iv) implement prohibitions and sanctions against the 
     relevant State Party as required by law;
       (v) if noncompliance has been determined, seek on an urgent 
     basis the multilateral imposition of sanctions against the 
     noncompliant State Party for the purposes of bringing the 
     noncompliant State Party into compliance; and
       (vi) in the event that noncompliance persists for a period 
     longer than one year after the date of the determination made 
     pursuant to subparagraph (A), promptly consult with the 
     Senate for the purposes of obtaining a resolution of support 
     for continued adherence to the Treaty, notwithstanding the 
     changed circumstances affecting the object and purpose of the 
     Treaty.
       (B) Authority of director of central intelligence.--Nothing 
     in this section may be construed to impair or otherwise 
     affect the authority of the Director of Central Intelligence 
     to protect intelligence sources and methods from unauthorized 
     disclosure pursuant to section 103(c)(5) of the National 
     Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 403-3(c)(5)).
       (C) Presidential determinations.--If the President 
     determines that an action otherwise required under 
     subparagraph (A) would impair or otherwise affect the 
     authority of the Director of Central Intelligence to protect 
     intelligence sources and methods from unauthorized 
     disclosure, the President shall report that determination, 
     together with a detailed written explanation of the basis for 
     that determination, to the chairmen of the Select Committee 
     on Intelligence of the Senate and the Permanent Select 
     Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives not 
     later than 15 days after making such determination.
       (5) Monitoring and verification of compliance.--
       (A) Declaration.--The Senate declares that--
       (i) the Treaty is in the interests of the United States 
     only if all parties to the Treaty are in strict compliance 
     with the terms of the Treaty as submitted to the Senate for 
     its advice and consent to ratification, such compliance being 
     measured by performance and not by efforts, intentions, or 
     commitments to comply; and
       (ii) the Senate expects all parties to the Treaty, 
     including the Russian Federation, to be in strict compliance 
     with their obligations under the terms of the Treaty, as 
     submitted to the Senate for its advice and consent to 
     ratification.
       (B) Briefings on compliance.--Given its concern about 
     ongoing violations of the Treaty by the Russian Federation 
     and other States Parties, the Senate expects the executive 
     branch of Government to offer briefings not less than four 
     times a year to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
     Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives on 
     compliance issues related to the Treaty. Each such briefing 
     shall include a description of all United States efforts in 
     bilateral and multilateral diplomatic channels and forums to 
     resolve compliance issues relating to the Treaty, including a 
     complete description of--
       (i) any compliance issues the United States plans to raise 
     at meetings of the Joint Consultative Group under the Treaty;
       (ii) any compliance issues raised at meetings of the Joint 
     Consultative Group under the Treaty; and
       (iii) any determination by the President that a State Party 
     is in noncompliance with or is otherwise acting in a manner 
     inconsistent with the object or purpose of the Treaty, within 
     30 days of such a determination.
       (C) Annual reports on compliance.--Beginning January 1, 
     1998, and annually thereafter, the President shall submit to 
     the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 
     Speaker of the House of Representatives a full and complete 
     classified and unclassified report setting forth--
       (i) a certification of those States Parties that are 
     determined to be in compliance with the Treaty, on a country-
     by-country basis;
       (ii) for those countries not certified pursuant to clause 
     (i), an identification and assessment of all compliance 
     issues arising with regard to the adherence of the country to 
     its obligations under the Treaty;
       (iii) for those countries not certified pursuant to clause 
     (i), the steps the United States has taken, either 
     unilaterally or in conjunction with another State Party--

       (I) to initiate inspections of the noncompliant State Party 
     with the objective of demonstrating to the international 
     community the act of noncompliance;
       (II) to call attention publicly to the activity in 
     question; and
       (III) to seek on an urgent basis a meeting at the highest 
     diplomatic level with the noncompliant State Party with the 
     objective of bringing the noncompliant State Party into 
     compliance;

       (iv) a determination of the military significance of and 
     broader security risks arising from any compliance issue 
     identified pursuant to clause (ii); and
       (v) a detailed assessment of the responses of the 
     noncompliant State Party in question to actions undertaken by 
     the United States described in clause (iii).
       (D) Annual report on withdrawal of russian armed forces and 
     military equipment.--Beginning January 1, 1998, and annually 
     thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to 
     the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and to the 
     Speaker of the House of Representatives on the results of 
     discussions undertaken pursuant to subparagraph (B) of 
     paragraph (2), plans for future such discussions, and 
     measures agreed to secure the immediate withdrawal of all 
     armed forces and military equipment in question.
       (E) Annual report on uncontrolled treaty-limited 
     equipment.--Beginning January 1, 1998, and annually 
     thereafter, the Director of Central Intelligence shall submit 
     to the Committees on Foreign Relations, Armed Services, and 
     the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and to the 
     Speaker of the House of Representatives a full and complete 
     classified and unclassified report regarding--
       (i) the status of uncontrolled conventional armaments and 
     equipment limited by the Treaty, on a region-by-region basis 
     within the Treaty's area of application;
       (ii) the status of uncontrolled conventional armaments and 
     equipment subject to the Treaty, on a region-by-region basis 
     within the Treaty's area of application; and
       (iii) any information made available to the United States 
     Government concerning the transfer of conventional armaments 
     and equipment subject to the Treaty within the Treaty's area 
     of application made by any country to any subnational group, 
     including any secessionist movement or any terrorist or 
     paramilitary organization.
       (F) Compliance report on armenia.--Not later than August 1, 
     1997, the President shall submit to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of 
     Representatives a full and complete classified and 
     unclassified report regarding--
       (i) whether Armenia was in compliance with the Treaty in 
     allowing the transfer of conventional armaments and equipment 
     limited by the Treaty through Armenian territory to the 
     secessionist movement in Azerbaijan; and
       (ii) if Armenia is found not to have been in compliance 
     under clause (i), what actions, if any, the President has 
     taken to implement sanctions as required by chapter 11 of 
     part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2295 
     et seq.; relating to assistance to the independent states of 
     the former Soviet Union) or other provisions of law.
       (G) Report on destruction of equipment east of the urals.--
     Not later than January 1, 1998, the President shall submit to 
     the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 
     Speaker of the House of Representatives a full and complete 
     classified and unclassified report regarding--
       (i) whether the Russian Federation is fully implementing on 
     schedule all agreements requiring the destruction of 
     conventional armaments and equipment subject to the treaty 
     but for the withdrawal of such armaments and equipment by the 
     Soviet Union from the Treaty's area of application prior to 
     the Soviet Union's deposit of its instrument of ratification 
     of the Treaty; and
       (ii) whether any of the armaments and equipment described 
     under clause (i) have been redeployed, reintroduced, or 
     transferred

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     into the Treaty's area of application and, if so, the 
     location of such armaments and equipment.
       (H) Definitions.--
       (i) Uncontrolled conventional armaments and equipment 
     limited by the treaty.--The term ``uncontrolled conventional 
     armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty'' means all 
     conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty 
     not under the control of a State Party that would be subject 
     to the numerical limitations set forth in the Treaty if such 
     armaments and equipment were directly under the control of a 
     State Party.
       (ii) Uncontrolled conventional armaments and equipment 
     subject to the treaty.--The term ``uncontrolled conventional 
     armaments and equipment subject to the Treaty'' means all 
     conventional armaments and equipment described in Article 
     II(1)(Q) of the Treaty not under the control of a State Party 
     that would be subject to information exchange in accordance 
     with the Protocol on Information Exchange if such armaments 
     and equipment were directly under the control of a State 
     Party.
       (6) Application and effectiveness of senate advice and 
     consent.--
       (A) In general.--The advice and consent of the Senate in 
     this resolution shall apply only to the CFE Flank Document 
     and the documents described in subparagraph (D).
       (B) Presidential certification.--Prior to the deposit of 
     the United States instrument of ratification, the President 
     shall certify to the Senate that, in the course of diplomatic 
     negotiations to secure accession to, or ratification of, the 
     CFE Flank Document by any other State Party, the United 
     States will vigorously reject any effort by a State Party 
     to--
       (i) modify, amend, or alter a United States right or 
     obligation under the Treaty or the CFE Flank Document, unless 
     such modification, amendment, or alteration is solely an 
     extension of the period of provisional application of the CFE 
     Flank Document or a change of a minor administrative or 
     technical nature;
       (ii) secure the adoption of a new United States obligation 
     under, or in relation to, the Treaty or the CFE Flank 
     Document, unless such obligation is solely of a minor 
     administrative or technical nature; or
       (iii) secure the provision of assurances, or endorsement of 
     a course of action or a diplomatic position, inconsistent 
     with the principles and policies established under conditions 
     (1), (2), and (3) of this resolution.
       (C) Substantive modifications.--Any subsequent agreement to 
     modify, amend, or alter the CFE Flank Document shall require 
     the complete resubmission of the CFE Flank Document, together 
     with any modification, amendment, or alteration made thereto, 
     to the Senate for advice and consent to ratification, if such 
     modification, amendment, or alteration is not solely of a 
     minor administrative or technical nature.
       (D) Status of other documents.--
       (i) In general.--The following documents are of the same 
     force and effect as the provisions of the CFE Flank Document:

       (I) Understanding on Details of the CFE Flank Document of 
     31 May 1996 in Order to Facilitate its Implementation.
       (II) Exchange of letters between the United States Chief 
     Delegate to the CFE Joint Consultative Group and the Head of 
     Delegation of the Russian Federation to the Joint 
     Consultative Group, dated July 25, 1996.

       (ii) Status of inconsistent actions.--The United States 
     shall regard all actions inconsistent with obligations under 
     those documents as equivalent under international law to 
     actions inconsistent with the CFE Flank Document or the 
     Treaty, or both, as the case may be.
       (7) Modifications of the cfe flank zone.--Prior to the 
     deposit of the United States instrument of ratification, the 
     President shall certify to Congress that any subsequent 
     agreement to modify, revise, amend, or alter the boundaries 
     of the CFE flank zone, as delineated by the map entitled 
     ``Revised CFE Flank Zone'' submitted by the President to the 
     Senate on April 3, 1997, shall require the submission of such 
     agreement to the Senate for its advice and consent to 
     ratification, if such changes are not solely of a minor 
     administrative or technical nature.
       (8) Treaty interpretation.--
       (A) Principles of treaty interpretation.--The Senate 
     affirms the applicability to all treaties of the 
     constitutionally based principles of treaty interpretation 
     set forth in condition (1) in the resolution of ratification 
     of the INF Treaty, approved by the Senate on May 27, 1988.
       (B) Construction of senate resolution of ratification.--
     Nothing in condition (1) of the resolution of ratification of 
     the INF Treaty, approved by the Senate on May 27, 1988, shall 
     be construed as authorizing the President to obtain 
     legislative approval for modifications or amendments to 
     treaties through majority approval of both Houses.
       (C) Definition.--As used in this paragraph, the term ``INF 
     Treaty'' refers to the Treaty Between the United States of 
     America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the 
     Elimination of Their Intermediate-Range and Shorter Range 
     Missiles, together with the related memorandum of 
     understanding and protocols, done at Washington on December 
     8, 1987.
       (9) Senate prerogatives on multilateralization of the abm 
     treaty.--
       (A) Findings.--The Senate makes the following findings:
       (i) Section 232 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
     for Fiscal Year 1995 (Public Law 103-337) states that ``the 
     United States shall not be bound by any international 
     agreement entered into by the President that would 
     substantively modify the ABM Treaty unless the agreement is 
     entered pursuant to the treaty making power of the President 
     under the Constitution''.
       (ii) The conference report accompanying the National 
     Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (Public Law 
     104-201) states ``. . . the accord on ABM Treaty succession, 
     tentatively agreed to by the administration, would constitute 
     a substantive change to the ABM Treaty, which may only be 
     entered into pursuant to the treaty making power of the 
     President under the Constitution''.
       (B) Certification required.--Prior to the deposit of the 
     United States instrument of ratification, the President shall 
     certify to the Senate that he will submit for Senate advice 
     and consent to ratification any international agreement--
       (i) that would add one or more countries as States Parties 
     to the ABM Treaty, or otherwise convert the ABM Treaty from a 
     bilateral treaty to a multilateral treaty; or
       (ii) that would change the geographic scope or coverage of 
     the ABM Treaty, or otherwise modify the meaning of the term 
     ``national territory'' as used in Article VI and Article IX 
     of the ABM Treaty.
       (C) ABM treaty defined.--For the purposes of this 
     resolution, the term ``ABM Treaty'' means the Treaty Between 
     the United States of America and the Union of Soviet 
     Socialist Republics on the Limitation of Anti-Ballistic 
     Missile Systems, signed in Moscow on May 26, 1972, with 
     related protocol, signed in Moscow on July 3, 1974.
       (10) Accession to the cfe treaty.--The Senate urges the 
     President to support a request to become a State Party to the 
     Treaty by--
       (A) any state within the territory of the Treaty's area of 
     application as of the date of signature of the Treaty, 
     including Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia; and
       (B) the Republic of Slovenia.
       (11) Temporary deployments.--Prior to the deposit of the 
     United States instrument of ratification, the President shall 
     certify to the Senate that the United States has informed all 
     other States Parties to the Treaty that the United States--
       (A) will continue to interpret the term ``temporary 
     deployment'', as used in the Treaty, to mean a deployment of 
     severely limited duration measured in days or weeks or, at 
     most, several months, but not years;
       (B) will pursue measures designed to ensure that any State 
     Party seeking to utilize the temporary deployments provision 
     of the Treaty will be required to furnish the Joint 
     Consultative Group established by the Treaty with a statement 
     of the purpose and intended duration of the deployment, 
     together with a description of the object of verification and 
     the location of origin and destination of the relevant 
     conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty; 
     and
       (C) will vigorously reject any effort by a State Party to 
     use the right of temporary deployment under the Treaty--
       (i) to justify military deployments on a permanent basis; 
     or
       (ii) to justify military deployments without the full and 
     complete agreement of the State Party upon whose territory 
     the armed forces or military equipment of another State Party 
     are to be deployed.
       (12) Military acts of intimidation.--It is the policy of 
     the United States to treat with the utmost seriousness all 
     acts of intimidation carried out against any State Party by 
     any other State Party using any conventional armament or 
     equipment limited by the Treaty.
       (13) Supplementary inspections.--The Senate understands 
     that additional supplementary declared site inspections may 
     be conducted in the Russian Federation in accordance with 
     Section V of the CFE Flank Document at any object of 
     verification under paragraph 3(A) or paragraph 3(B) of 
     Section V of the CFE Flank Document, without regard to 
     whether a declared site passive quota inspection pursuant to 
     paragraph 10(D) of Section II of the Protocol on Inspection 
     has been specifically conducted at such object of 
     verification in the course of the same year.
       (14) Designated permanent storage sites.--
       (A) Finding.--The Senate finds that removal of the 
     constraints of the Treaty on designated permanent storage 
     sites pursuant to paragraph 1 of Section IV of the CFE Flank 
     Document could introduce into active military units within 
     the Treaty's area of application as many as 7,000 additional 
     battle tanks, 3,400 armored combat vehicles, and 6,000 pieces 
     of artillery, which would constitute a significant change in 
     the conventional capabilities of States Parties within the 
     Treaty's area of application.
       (B) Specific report.--Prior to the agreement or acceptance 
     by the United States of any proposal to alter the constraints 
     of the Treaty on designated permanent storage sites, but not 
     later than January 1, 1998, the President shall submit to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Speaker 
     of the House of Representatives a full and complete 
     classified and unclassified report setting forth--
       (i) a detailed explanation of how additional Treaty-limited 
     equipment will be allocated among States Parties;
       (ii) a detailed assessment of the location and uses to 
     which the Russian Federation

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     will put additional Treaty-limited equipment; and
       (iii) a detailed and comprehensive justification of the 
     means by which introduction of additional battle tanks, 
     armored combat vehicles, and pieces of artillery into the 
     Treaty's area of application furthers United States national 
     security interests.

     SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

       As used in this resolution:
       (1) Area of application.--The term ``area of application'' 
     has the same meaning as set forth in subparagraph (B) of 
     paragraph 1 of Article II of the Treaty.
       (2) CFE flank document.--The term ``CFE Flank Document'' 
     means the Document Agreed Among the States Parties to the 
     Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) of 
     November 19, 1990, adopted at Vienna on May 31, 1996 (Treaty 
     Doc. 105-5).
       (3) Conventional armaments and equipment limited by the 
     treaty; treaty-limited equipment.--The terms ``conventional 
     armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty'' and ``Treaty-
     limited equipment'' have the meaning set forth in 
     subparagraph (J) of paragraph 1 of Article II of the Treaty.
       (4) Flank region.--The term ``flank region'' means that 
     portion of the Treaty's area of application defined as the 
     flank zone by the map depicting the territory of the former 
     Soviet Union within the Treaty's area of application that was 
     provided by the former Soviet Union upon the date of 
     signature of the Treaty.
       (5) Full and complete agreement.--The term ``full and 
     complete agreement'' means agreement achieved through free 
     negotiations between the respective States Parties with full 
     respect for the sovereignty of the State Party upon whose 
     territory the armed forces or military equipment under the 
     control of another State Party is deployed.
       (6) Free negotiations.--The term ``free negotiations'' 
     means negotiations with a party that are free from coercion 
     or intimidation.
       (7) Helsinki final act.--The term ``Helsinki Final Act'' 
     refers to the Final Act of the Helsinki Conference on 
     Security and Cooperation in Europe of August 1, 1975.
       (8) Protocol on information exchange.--The term ``Protocol 
     on Information Exchange'' means the Protocol on Notification 
     and Exchange of Information of the CFE Treaty, together with 
     the Annex on the Format for the Exchange of Information of 
     the CFE Treaty.
       (9) State party.--Except as otherwise expressly provided, 
     the term ``State Party'' means any nation that is a party to 
     the Treaty.
       (10) Tashkent agreement.--The term ``Tashkent Agreement'' 
     means the agreement between Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, 
     Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Russia, and Ukraine 
     establishing themselves as successor states to the Soviet 
     Union under the CFE Treaty, concluded at Tashkent on May 15, 
     1992.
       (11) Treaty.--The term ``Treaty'' means the Treaty on 
     Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, done at Paris on 
     November 19, 1990.
       (12) United states instrument of ratification.--The term 
     ``United States instrument of ratification'' means the 
     instrument of ratification of the United States of the CFE 
     Flank Document.

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