[107th Congress Public Law 187]
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GERALD B. H. SOLOMON FREEDOM CONSOLIDATION ACT OF 2002
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Public Law 107-187
107th Congress
An Act
To endorse the vision of further enlargement of the NATO Alliance
articulated by President George W. Bush on June 15, 2001, and by former
President William J. Clinton on October 22, 1996, and for other
purposes. <<NOTE: June 10, 2002 - [H.R. 3167]>>
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress <<NOTE: Gerald B. H. Solomon
Freedom Consolidation Act of 2002.>> assembled,
SECTION 1. <<NOTE: 22 USC 1928 note.>> SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Gerald B. H. Solomon Freedom
Consolidation Act of 2002''.
SEC. 2. <<NOTE: 22 USC 1928 note.>> FINDINGS.
The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) In the NATO Participation Act of 1994 (title II of
Public Law 103-447; 22 U.S.C. 1928 note), Congress declared that
``full and active participants in the Partnership for Peace in a
position to further the principles of the North Atlantic Treaty
and to contribute to the security of the North Atlantic area
should be invited to become full NATO members in accordance with
Article 10 of such Treaty at an early date . . .''.
(2) In the NATO Enlargement Facilitation Act of 1996 (title
VI of section 101(c) of title I of division A of Public Law 104-
208; 22 U.S.C. 1928 note), Congress called for the prompt
admission of Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slovenia
to NATO, and declared that ``in order to promote economic
stability and security in Slovakia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania,
Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Moldova, and Ukraine . . . the
process of enlarging NATO to include emerging democracies in
Central and Eastern Europe should not be limited to
consideration of admitting Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic,
and Slovenia as full members of the NATO Alliance''.
(3) In the European Security Act of 1998 (title XXVII of
division G of Public Law 105-277; 22 U.S.C. 1928 note), Congress
declared that ``Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic should
not be the last emerging democracies in Central and Eastern
Europe invited to join NATO'' and that ``Romania, Estonia,
Latvia, Lithuania, and Bulgaria . . . would make an outstanding
contribution to furthering the goals of NATO and enhancing
stability, freedom, and peace in Europe should they become NATO
members [and] upon complete satisfaction of all relevant
criteria should be invited to become full NATO members at the
earliest possible date''.
(4) At the Madrid Summit of the NATO Alliance in July 1997,
Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic were invited to join the
Alliance in the first round of NATO enlargement,
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and the NATO heads of state and government issued a declaration
stating ``[t]he Alliance expects to extend further invitations
in coming years to nations willing and able to assume the
responsibilities and obligations of membership . . . [n]o
European democratic country whose admission would fulfill the
objectives of the [North Atlantic] Treaty will be excluded from
consideration''.
(5) At the Washington Summit of the NATO Alliance in April
1999, the NATO heads of state and government issued a communique
declaring ``[w]e pledge that NATO will continue to welcome new
members in a position to further the principles of the [North
Atlantic] Treaty and contribute to peace and security in the
Euro-Atlantic area . . . [t]he three new members will not be the
last . . . [n]o European democratic country whose admission
would fulfill the objectives of the Treaty will be excluded from
consideration, regardless of its geographic location . . .''.
(6) In late 2002, NATO will hold a summit in Prague, the
Czech Republic, at which it will decide which additional
emerging democracies in Central and Eastern Europe to invite to
join the Alliance in the next round of NATO enlargement.
(7) In May 2000 in Vilnius, Lithuania, the foreign ministers
of Albania, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, the Former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia
issued a statement (later joined by Croatia) declaring that
their countries will cooperate in jointly seeking NATO
membership in the next round of NATO enlargement, that the
realization of NATO membership by one or more of these countries
would be a success for all, and that eventual NATO membership
for all of these countries would be a success for Europe and
NATO.
(8) On June 15, 2001, in a speech in Warsaw, Poland,
President George W. Bush stated ``[a]ll of Europe's new
democracies, from the Baltic to the Black Sea and all that lie
between, should have the same chance for security and freedom--
and the same chance to join the institutions of Europe--as
Europe's old democracies have . . . I believe in NATO membership
for all of Europe's democracies that seek it and are ready to
share the responsibilities that NATO brings . . . [a]s we plan
to enlarge NATO, no nation should be used as a pawn in the
agenda of others . . . [w]e will not trade away the fate of free
European peoples . . . [n]o more Munichs . . . [n]o more Yaltas
. . . [a]s we plan the Prague Summit, we should not calculate
how little we can get away with, but how much we can do to
advance the cause of freedom''.
(9) On October 22, 1996, in a speech in Detroit, Michigan,
former President William J. Clinton stated ``NATO's doors will
not close behind its first new members . . . NATO should remain
open to all of Europe's emerging democracies who are ready to
shoulder the responsibilities of membership . . . [n]o nation
will be automatically excluded . . . [n]o country outside NATO
will have a veto . . . [a] gray zone of insecurity must not
reemerge in Europe''.
SEC. 3. <<NOTE: 22 USC 1928 note.>> DECLARATIONS OF POLICY.
Congress--
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(1) reaffirms its previous expressions of support for
continued enlargement of the NATO Alliance contained in the NATO
Participation Act of 1994, the NATO Enlargement Facilitation Act
of 1996, and the European Security Act of 1998;
(2) supports the commitment to further enlargement of the
NATO Alliance expressed by the Alliance in its Madrid
Declaration of 1997 and its Washington Summit Communique of
1999; and
(3) endorses the vision of further enlargement of the NATO
Alliance articulated by President George W. Bush on June 15,
2001, and by former President William J. Clinton on October 22,
1996, and urges our NATO allies to work with the United States
to realize this vision at the Prague Summit in 2002.
SEC. 4. <<NOTE: 22 USC 1928 note.>> DESIGNATION OF SLOVAKIA TO RECEIVE
ASSISTANCE UNDER THE NATO PARTICIPATION ACT OF 1994.
(a) In General.--Slovakia is designated as eligible to receive
assistance under the program established under section 203(a) of the
NATO Participation Act of 1994 (title II of Public Law 103-447; 22
U.S.C. 1928 note) and shall be deemed to have been so designated
pursuant to section 203(d)(1) of such Act.
(b) Rule of Construction.--The designation of Slovakia pursuant to
subsection (a) as eligible to receive assistance under the program
established under section 203(a) of the NATO Participation Act of 1994--
(1) is in addition to the designation of Poland, Hungary,
the Czech Republic, and Slovenia pursuant to section 606 of the
NATO Enlargement Facilitation Act of 1996 (title VI of section
101(c) of title I of division A of Public Law 104-208; 22 U.S.C.
1928 note) and the designation of Romania, Estonia, Latvia,
Lithuania, and Bulgaria pursuant to section 2703(b) of the
European Security Act of 1998 (title XXVII of division G of
Public Law 105-277; 22 U.S.C. 1928 note) as eligible to receive
assistance under the program established under section 203(a) of
the NATO Participation Act of 1994; and
(2) shall not preclude the designation by the President of
other emerging democracies in Central and Eastern Europe
pursuant to section 203(d)(2) of the NATO Participation Act of
1994 as eligible to receive assistance under the program
established under section 203(a) of such Act.
SEC. 5. <<NOTE: 22 USC 1928 note.>> AUTHORIZATION OF SECURITY ASSISTANCE
FOR COUNTRIES DESIGNATED UNDER THE NATO PARTICIPATION ACT OF
1994.
(a) Authorization of Foreign Military Financing.--Of the amounts
made available for fiscal year 2002 under section 23 of the Arms Export
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763)--
(1) $6,500,000 is authorized to be available on a grant
basis for Estonia;
(2) $7,000,000 is authorized to be available on a grant
basis for Latvia;
(3) $7,500,000 is authorized to be available on a grant
basis for Lithuania;
(4) $8,500,000 is authorized to be available on a grant
basis for Slovakia;
(5) $4,500,000 is authorized to be available on a grant
basis for Slovenia;
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(6) $10,000,000 is authorized to be available on a grant
basis for Bulgaria; and
(7) $11,500,000 is authorized to be available on a grant
basis for Romania.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (a) of section 515 of the
Security Assistance Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-280) <<NOTE: 114 Stat.
858.>> is amended by striking paragraphs (1), (5), (6), (7), and (8) and
redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (9) as paragraphs (1)
through (4), respectively.
Approved June 10, 2002.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 3167:
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 107-266 (Comm. on International Relations).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:
Vol. 147 (2001):
Nov. 7, considered and passed House.
Vol. 148 (2002):
May 16, 17, considered and passed
Senate.
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