[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 17 (Friday, February 27, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S1164]
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PROTOCOLS TO THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY OF 1949 ON ACCESSION OF POLAND, 
                      HUNGARY, AND CZECH REPUBLIC

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            WARNER (AND OTHERS) EXECUTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1678

  (Ordered referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.)
  Mr. WARNER (for himself, Mr. Moynihan, and Mr. Bingaman) submitted an 
executive amendment intended to be proposed by them to the resolution 
of ratification for the treaty (Treaty Doc. No. 105) protocols to the 
North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on the accession of Poland, Hungary, and 
the Czech Republic. These protocols were opened for signature at 
Brussels on December 16, 1997, and signed on behalf of the United 
States of America and other parties to the North Atlantic Treaty; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place in the resolution, insert the 
     following:
       (  ) United states policy regarding further expansion of 
     nato.--Prior to the date of ratification of the Protocols by 
     the United States, the President shall certify to the Senate 
     that it is the policy of the United States not to encourage, 
     participate in, or agree to any further expansion in the 
     membership of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) 
     for a period of at least three years beginning on the date of 
     entry into force of the last of the Protocols to the North 
     Atlantic Treaty on the Accession of Poland, Hungary, and the 
     Czech Republic to enter into force.

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