[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 33 (Monday, March 23, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2437-S2438]
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PROTOCOLS TO THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY OF 1949 ON ACCESSION OF POLAND, 
                      HUNGARY, AND CZECH REPUBLIC

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           STEVENS (AND OTHERS) EXECUTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2065

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. STEVENS (for himself, Mr. Byrd, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Thurmond, Mr. 
Warner, and Mr. Roberts) submitted an executive amendment intended to 
be proposed by them 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) of the resolution, add the 
     following:
       (C) Requirement of payment out of funds specifically 
     authorized.--No cost incurred by the North Atlantic Treaty 
     Organization (NATO) in connection with the admission to 
     membership, or participation, in NATO of any country that was 
     not a member of NATO as of March 1, 1998, may be paid out of 
     funds

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      available to any department, agency, or other entity of the 
     United States unless the funds are specifically authorized by 
     law for that purpose.
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      STEVENS (AND OTHERS) EXECUTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2006
  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. STEVENS (for himself, Mr. Byrd, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Warner, and Mr. 
Roberts) submitted an executive amendment intended to be proposed by 
them 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) of the resolution, add the 
     following:
       (C) Restriction on use of Appropriated funds.--None of the 
     funds appropriated by any provision of United States law may 
     be obligated for the payment of costs incurred in connection 
     with NATO after September 30, 1998, unless the Secretary of 
     Defense, with respect to any payment of costs under the 
     Military Budget or the Security Investment Program of NATO, 
     and the Secretary of State, with respect to any payment of 
     costs under the Civil Budget of NATO, certify to Congress 
     that such payment will not cause the total payments of the 
     United States to the common budgets, accounts, and activities 
     of NATO during the NATO fiscal year to exceed 20 percent of 
     the total amount payable by NATO members to those budgets, 
     accounts, and activities during that year.

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