[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 29 (Tuesday, March 17, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2139-S2140]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




PROTOCOLS TO THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY OF 1949 ON ACCESSION OF POLAND, 
                      HUNGARY, AND CZECH REPUBLIC

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                  HARKIN EXECUTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2018

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. HARKIN submitted an executive amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the resolution of ratification for the treaty (Treaty Doc. 
No. 105-36) 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 end of section 3(2)(A) of the resolution, insert the 
     following:
       (iv) as used in this subparagraph, the term ``NATO common-
     funded budget'' shall be deemed to include--
       (A) Foreign Military Financing under the Arms Export 
     Control Act;
       (B) transfers of excess defense articles under section 516 
     of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961;
       (C) Emergency Drawdowns;

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       (D) no-cost leases of United States equipment;
       (E) the subsidy cost of loan guarantees and other 
     contingent liabilities under subchapter VI of chapter 148 of 
     title 10, United States Code; and
       (F) international military education and training under 
     chapter 5 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.

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