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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4210

To authorize the President to establish a program to assist the transition

to full NATO membership of Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic,

and Slovakia by January 1999.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 14, 1994

Mr. GILMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on Foreign Affairs

A BILL

To authorize the President to establish a program to assist

the transition to full NATO membership of Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia by January 1999.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘NATO Expansion Act

5 of 1994’’.

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

7 The Congress makes the following findings:

8 (1) On January 10, 1994, the leaders of the

9 NATO member nations meeting in Brussels, Bel-
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1 gium, issued an invitation to European countries

2 that do not belong to NATO to participate in a pro3 gram of expanded cooperation with NATO called the

4 Partnership for Peace.

5 (2) In that invitation, the leaders of the NATO

6 member nations stated: ‘‘We reaffirm that the Alli7 ance, as provided in Article 10 of the Washington

8 Treaty, remains open to the membership of other

9 European states in a position to further the prin10 ciples of the Treaty and to contribute to the security

11 of the North Atlantic area. We expect and would

12 welcome NATO expansion that would reach to

13 democratic states to our East, as part of an evolu14 tionary process, taking into account political and se15 curity developments in the whole of Europe.’’.

16 (3) The political and economic transformation

17 of the formerly communist-ruled countries of Europe

18 has been under way since 1989. In establishing a

19 new Strategic Concept for NATO in November

20 1991, the leaders of the NATO member nations ob21 served: ‘‘All the countries that were formerly adver22 saries of NATO have dismantled the Warsaw Pact

23 and rejected ideological hostility to the West. They

24 have in varying degrees, embraced and begun to im25 plement policies aimed at achieving pluralistic de-
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1 mocracy, the rule of law, respect for human rights

2 and a market economy.’’.

3 (4) In particular, Poland, Hungary, the Czech

4 Republic, and Slovakia have made significant

5 progress toward establishing democratic institutions,

6 free market economies, civilian control of their

7 armed forces, and the rule of law since the fall of

8 their previous communist governments.

9 SEC. 3. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.

10 It is the sense of the Congress that—

11 (1) the leaders of the NATO member nations

12 are to be commended for reaffirming that NATO

13 membership remains open to European countries

14 emerging from communist domination and for wel15 coming eventual expansion of NATO to include such

16 countries;

17 (2) Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and

18 Slovakia should be in a position to further the prin19 ciples of the North Atlantic Treaty and to contribute

20 to the security of the North Atlantic area not later

21 than January 10, 1999, 5 years from the date of the

22 establishment of the Partnership for Peace, and, in

23 accordance with Article 10 of such Treaty, should be

24 invited to become full NATO members not later

25 than that date, provided these countries—
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1 (A) maintain their progress toward estab2 lishing democratic institutions, free market

3 economies, civilian control of their armed

4 forces, and the rule of law; and

5 (B) remain committed to protecting the

6 rights of all their citizens and respecting the

7 territorial integrity of their neighbors;

8 (3) the United States, other NATO member na9 tions, and NATO itself should furnish appropriate

10 assistance to facilitate the transition of Poland,

11 Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia to full

12 NATO membership not later than January 10,

13 1999; and

14 (4) other European countries emerging from

15 communist domination may be in a position at a fu16 ture date to further the principles of the North At17 lantic Treaty and to contribute to the security of the

18 North Atlantic area, and at the appropriate time

19 they should receive assistance to facilitate their tran20 sition to full NATO membership and should be in21 vited to become full NATO members.

22 SEC. 4. AUTHORITY FOR PROGRAM TO FACILITATE TRANSI23 TION TO NATO MEMBERSHIP.

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President may establish a

25 program to assist the transition to full NATO membership
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1 of Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and

2 other European countries emerging from communist domi3 nation designated by the President pursuant to subsection

4 (e).

5 (b) CONDUCT OF PROGRAM.—The program estab6 lished under subsection (a) shall facilitate the transition

7 to full NATO membership of the countries described in

8 such subsection by supporting and encouraging, inter

9 alia—

10 (1) joint planning, training, and military exer11 cises with NATO forces;

12 (2) greater interoperability of military equip13 ment, air defense systems, and command, control,

14 and communications systems; and

15 (3) conformity of military doctrine.

16 (c) TYPE OF ASSISTANCE.—In carrying out the pro17 gram established under subsection (a), the President may

18 provide to the countries described in such subsection the

19 following types of security assistance:

20 (1) The transfer of excess defense articles

21 under section 516 of Foreign Assistance Act of

22 1961, without regard to the restrictions in para23 graphs (1) through (3) of subsection (a) of such sec24 tion (relating to the eligibility of countries for such

25 articles under such section).
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1 (2) The transfer of nonlethal excess defense ar2 ticles under section 519 of the Foreign Assistance

3 Act of 1961, without regard to the restriction in

4 subsection (a) of such section (relating to the jus5 tification of the foreign military financing program

6 for the fiscal year in which a transfer is authorized).

7 (3) Assistance under chapter 4 of part II of the

8 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (relating to the Eco9 nomic Support Fund).

10 (4) Assistance under chapter 5 of part II of

11 that Act (relating to international military education

12 and training).

13 (5) Assistance under section 23 of the Arms

14 Export Control Act (relating to the ‘‘Foreign Mili15 tary Financing Program’’).

16 (d) ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE.—In addition to the se17 curity assistance provided under subsection (c), the Presi18 dent may, in carrying out the program established under

19 subsection (a), provide assistance from funds appropriated

20 after the date of the enactment of this Act under the fol21 lowing accounts:

22 (1) The ‘‘Nonproliferation and Disarmament

23 Fund’’ account.

24 (2) The ‘‘Countries in Transition’’ account.
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1 (e) DESIGNATION OF OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

2 EMERGING FROM COMMUNIST DOMINATION.—The Presi3 dent may designate other European countries emerging

4 from communist domination to receive assistance under

5 the program established under subsection (a) if the Presi6 dent determines and reports to the appropriate congres7 sional committees that such countries—

8 (1) have made significant progress toward es9 tablishing democratic institutions, a free market

10 economy, civilian control of their armed forces, and

11 the rule of law; and

12 (2) are likely, within 5 years of such determina13 tion, to be in a position to further the principles of

14 the North Atlantic Treaty and to contribute to the

15 security of the North Atlantic area.

16 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF STATUS OF FORCES AGREE17 MENTS.

18 The President is authorized to confer, pursuant to

19 agreement with any country eligible to participate in the

20 Partnership for Peace, rights in respect of the military

21 and related civilian personnel (including dependents of any

22 such personnel) and activities of that country in the

23 United States comparable to the rights conferred by that

24 country in respect of the military and related civilian per-
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1 sonnel (including dependents of any such personnel) and

2 activities of the United States in that country.

3 SEC. 6. REPORTING REQUIREMENT.

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the

5 date of enactment of this Act, and at least once every year

6 thereafter, the President shall submit to the appropriate

7 congressional committees a report on the implementation

8 of this Act.

9 (b) CONTENTS.—Each such report shall include—

10 (1) an assessment of the progress made by Po11 land, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and

12 other European countries emerging from communist

13 domination designated by the President pursuant to

14 section 4(e) toward meeting the standards for

15 NATO membership set forth in Article 10 of the

16 North Atlantic Treaty, including—

17 (A) an assessment of the progress of such

18 countries toward establishing democratic insti19 tutions, free market economies, civilian control

20 of their armed forces, and the rule of law; and

21 (B) the commitment of such countries in

22 protecting the rights of all their citizens and re23 specting the territorial integrity of their neigh24 bors;
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1 (2) a description of all assistance provided

2 under the program established under section 4, or

3 otherwise provided by the United States Government

4 to facilitate the transition to full NATO membership

5 of Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia,

6 and other European countries emerging from com7 munist domination designated by the President pur8 suant to section 4(e);

9 (3) a description of all assistance provided by

10 other NATO member nations or NATO itself to fa11 cilitate the transition to full NATO membership of

12 Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and

13 other European countries emerging from communist

14 domination designated by the President pursuant to

15 section 4(e); and

16 (4) a description of any agreement entered into

17 pursuant to section 5.

18 SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS.

19 For purposes of this Act, the following definitions

20 apply:

21 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT22 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com23 mittees’’ means the Committee on Foreign Affairs,

24 the Committee on Armed Services, and the Commit25 tee on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
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1 tives and the Committee on Foreign Relations, the

2 Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee

3 on Appropriations of the Senate.

4 (2) NATO.—The term ‘‘NATO’’ means the

5 North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

6 (3) OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES EMERGING

7 FROM COMMUNIST DOMINATION.—The term ‘‘other

8 European countries emerging from communist domi9 nation’’ means—

10 (A) any member of the Conference on Se11 curity and Cooperation in Europe located—

12 (i) in the territory of the former

13 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; or

14 (ii) in the territory of the former So15 cialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia; or

16 (B) Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania,

17 Bulgaria, or Albania.

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