[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 94 (Tuesday, June 24, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8441-S8442]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. SMITH (for himself, Mr. Biden, and Mr. Durbin):
  S. 1317. A bill to amend the American Servicemember's Protection Act 
of 2002 to provide clarification with respect to the eligibility of 
certain countries for United States military assistance; to the 
Committee on Armed Services.
  Mr. SMITH. Mr. President, on behalf of myself and my colleagues Mr. 
Biden of Delaware and Mr. Durbin of Illinois, I ask unanimous consent 
that the full text of the bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the bill was ordered to be printed in the 
Record, as follows:

                                S. 1317

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

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     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 the 2002 
     Supplemental Appropriations Act for Further Recovery From and 
     Response To Terrorist Attacks on the United States (Public 
     Law 107-206; 116 Stat. 905)) is amended by inserting ``or a 
     country that has concluded a protocol with NATO for the 
     accession of the country to NATO'' before the semicolon.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     takes effect on July 1, 2003.
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