Calendar No. 265

104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 602

A BILL

To amend the NATO Participation Act of 1994 to

countries emerging from Communist domination.North Atlantic Treaty Organization of Europeanexpedite the transition to full membership in the

DECEMBER 12, 1995

Reported with an amendment and an amendment to the

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Calendar No. 265

104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 602

To amend the NATO Participation Act of 1994 to expedite the transition

to full membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization of European countries emerging from Communist domination.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MARCH 23, 1995

Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mr. SIMON, Mr. DOLE, Ms. MIKULSKI, Mr. ROTH,

Mr. MCCONNELL, Mr. MCCAIN, Mr. LIEBERMAN, and Mr. SPECTER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

DECEMBER 12, 1995

Reported by Mr. HELMS, with an amendment and an amendment to the title

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]

A BILL

To amend the NATO Participation Act of 1994 to expedite

the transition to full membership in the North Atlantic

Treaty Organization of European countries emerging

from Communist domination.

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

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘NATO Participation

3 Act Amendments of 1995’’.

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

5 The Congress makes the following findings:

6 (1) Since 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty Or7 ganization (NATO) has played an essential role in

8 guaranteeing the security, freedom, and prosperity

9 of the United States and its partners in the Alliance.

10 (2) NATO has expanded its membership on

11 three different occasions since 1949.

12 (3) The sustained commitment of the member

13 countries of NATO to mutual defense of their secu14 rity ultimately made possible the democratic trans15 formation in Central and Eastern Europe and the

16 demise of the Soviet Union.

17 (4) NATO was designed to be and remains a

18 defensive military organization whose members have

19 never contemplated the use of, or used, military

20 force to expand the borders of its member states.

21 (5) While the immediate threat to the security

22 of the United States and its allies has been reduced

23 with the collapse of the Iron Curtain, new security

24 threats, such as the situation in Bosnia and

25 Herzegovina, are emerging to the shared interests of

26 the member countries of NATO.
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1 (6) NATO remains the only multilateral secu2 rity organization capable of conducting effective

3 military operations to protect Western security

4 interests.

5 (7) NATO has played a positive role in defusing

6 tensions between NATO members and, as a result,

7 no military action has occurred between two NATO

8 member states since the inception of NATO in 1949.

9 (8) NATO is also an important diplomatic

10 forum for the discussion of issues of concern to its

11 member states and for the peaceful resolution of

12 disputes.

13 (9) America’s security, freedom, and prosperity

14 remain linked to the security of the countries of

15 Europe.

16 (10) Any threat to the security of the newly

17 emerging democracies in Central Europe would pose

18 a security threat to the United States and its Euro19 pean allies.

20 (11) The admission to NATO of Central and

21 East European countries that have been freed from

22 Communist domination and that meet specific cri23 teria for NATO membership would contribute to

24 international peace and enhance the security of the

25 region.
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1 (12) A number of countries have expressed

2 varying degrees of interest in NATO membership,

3 and have taken concrete steps to demonstrate this

4 commitment.

5 (13) Full integration of Central and East Euro6 pean countries into the North Atlantic Alliance after

7 such countries meet essential criteria for admission

8 would enhance the security of the Alliance and,

9 thereby, contribute to the security of the United

10 States.

11 (14) The expansion of NATO can create the

12 stable environment needed to successfully complete

13 the political and economic transformation envisioned

14 by Eastern and Central European countries.

15 (15) In recognition that not all countries which

16 have requested membership in NATO will nec17 essarily qualify at the same pace, the date for mem18 bership of each country will vary.

19 (16) The provision of NATO transition assist20 ance should include those countries most ready for

21 closer ties with NATO, such as Poland, Hungary,

22 the Czech Republic and Slovakia and should be de23 signed to assist other countries meeting specified cri24 teria of eligibility to move toward eventual NATO
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1 membership, including Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia,

2 Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, and Slovenia.

3 (17) Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia have made

4 significant progress in preparing for NATO member5 ship and should be given every consideration for in6 clusion in programs for NATO transition assistance.

7 SEC. 3. UNITED STATES POLICY.

8 It should be the policy of the United States—

9 (1) to join with the NATO allies of the United

10 States to redefine the role of the NATO Alliance in

11 the post-Cold War world;

12 (2) to actively assist European countries emerg13 ing from communist domination in their transition

14 so that such countries may eventually qualify for

15 NATO membership;

16 (3) to use the voice and vote of the United

17 States to urge observer status in the North Atlantic

18 Council for countries designated under section

19 203(d) of the NATO Participation Act of 1994 (as

20 amended by this Act) as eligible for NATO transi21 tion assistance; and

22 (4) to work to define the political and security

23 relationship between an enlarged NATO and the

24 Russian Federation.
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1 SEC. 4. REVISIONS TO PROGRAM TO FACILITATE TRANSI2 TION TO NATO MEMBERSHIP.

3 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—Subsection (a)

4 of section 203 of the NATO Participation Act of 1994

5 (title II of Public Law 103–447; 22 U.S.C. 1928 note)

6 is amended to read as follows:

7 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The President

8 shall establish a program to assist countries designated

9 under subsection (d) in the transition to full NATO mem10 bership.’’.

11 (b) ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES.—

12 (1) ELIGIBILITY.—Subsection (d) of section

13 203 of such Act is amended to read as follows:

14 ‘‘(d) DESIGNATION OF ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES.—

15 ‘‘(1) SPECIFIC COUNTRIES.—The following

16 countries are hereby designated for purposes of this

17 title: Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and

18 Slovakia.

19 ‘‘(2) OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES EMERGING

20 FROM COMMUNIST DOMINATION.—In addition to the

21 countries designated in paragraph (1), the President

22 may designate other European countries emerging

23 from Communist domination to receive assistance

24 under the program established under subsection (a).

25 The President may make such a designation in the

26 case of any such country only if the President deter-
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1 mines, and reports to the designated congressional

2 committees, that such country—

3 ‘‘(A) has made significant progress toward

4 establishing—

5 ‘‘(i) shared values and interests;

6 ‘‘(ii) democratic governments;

7 ‘‘(iii) free market economies;

8 ‘‘(iv) civilian control of the military, of

9 the police, and of intelligence services;

10 ‘‘(v) adherence to the values, prin11 ciples, and political commitments embodied

12 in the Helsinki Final Act of the Organiza13 tion on Security and Cooperation in Eu14 rope; and

15 ‘‘(vi) more transparent defense budg16 ets and is participating in the Partnership

17 For Peace defense planning process;

18 ‘‘(B) has made public commitments—

19 ‘‘(i) to further the principles of NATO

20 and to contribute to the security of the

21 North Atlantic area;

22 ‘‘(ii) to accept the obligations, respon23 sibilities, and costs of NATO membership;

24 and
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1 ‘‘(iii) to implement infrastructure de2 velopment activities that will facilitate par3 ticipation in and support for NATO mili4 tary activities;

5 ‘‘(C) meets standards of the NATO allies

6 to prevent the sale or other transfer of defense

7 articles to a state that has repeatedly provided

8 support for acts of international terrorism, as

9 determined by the Secretary of State under sec10 tion 6(j)(1)(A) of the Export Administration

11 Act of 1979; and

12 ‘‘(D) is likely, within five years of such de13 termination, to be in a position to further the

14 principles of the North Atlantic Treaty and to

15 contribute to its own security and that of the

16 North Atlantic area.’’.

17 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

18 (A) Subsections (b) and (c) of section 203

19 of such Act are amended by striking ‘‘countries

20 described in such subsection’’ each of the two

21 places it appears and inserting ‘‘countries des22 ignated under subsection (d)’’.

23 (B) Subsection (e) of section 203 of such

24 Act is amended—
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1 (i) by striking ‘‘subsection (d)’’ and

2 inserting ‘‘subsection (d)(2)’’; and

3 (ii) by inserting ‘‘(22 U.S.C. 2394)’’

4 before the period at the end.

5 (C) Section 204(c) of such Act is amended

6 by striking ‘‘any other Partnership for Peace

7 country designated under section 203(d)’’ and

8 inserting ‘‘any country designated under section

9 203(d)(2)’’.

10 (c) TYPES OF ASSISTANCE.—Section 203(c) of such

11 Act is amended—

12 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through

13 (4) as subparagraphs (A) through (D), respectively;

14 and

15 (2) by inserting after subparagraph (D) (as re16 designated) the following new subparagraphs:

17 ‘‘(E) Assistance under chapter 4 of part II of

18 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (relating to the

19 Economic Support Fund).

20 ‘‘(F) Funds appropriated under the ‘Non21 proliferation and Disarmament Fund’ account’’.

22 ‘‘(G) Funds appropriated under chapter 6 of

23 part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (relat24 ing to peacekeeping operations and other pro25 grams).’’.
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1 (3) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ immediately after ‘‘TYPE

2 OF ASSISTANCE.—’’; and

3 (4) by adding at the end the following new

4 paragraphs:

5 ‘‘(2) For fiscal years 1996 and 1997, in providing

6 assistance under chapter 5 of part II of the Foreign As7 sistance Act of 1961 for the countries designated under

8 subsection (d), the President shall include as an important

9 component of such assistance the provision of sufficient

10 language training to enable military personnel to partici11 pate further in programs for military training and in de12 fense exchange programs.

13 ‘‘(3) Of the amounts made available under chapter

14 5 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (relat15 ing to international military education and training), not

16 less than $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1996 and not less

17 than $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1997 shall be available

18 only for—

19 ‘‘(A) the attendance of additional military per20 sonnel of Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and

21 Slovakia at professional military education institu22 tions in the United States in accordance with section

23 544 of such Act; and

24 ‘‘(B) the placement and support of United

25 States instructors and experts at military edu-
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1 cational centers within the foreign countries des2 ignated under subsection (d) that are receiving as3 sistance under that chapter.’’.

4 SEC. 5. PARTICIPATION IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC COUN5 CIL.

6 The NATO Participation Act of 1994 (title II of Pub7 lic Law 103–447; 22 U.S.C. 1928 note) is amended—

8 (1) by redesignating section 205 as section 206;

9 and

10 (2) by inserting after section 204 the following:

11 ‘‘SEC. 205. PARTICIPATION IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC COUN12 CIL.

13 ‘‘The President should, at all bilateral and inter14 national fora, use of the voice and vote of the United

15 States to urge observer status in the North Atlantic Coun16 cil for countries designated under section 203(d) commen17 surate with their progress toward attaining NATO mem18 bership.’’.

19 SEC. 6. TERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY.

20 Section 203(f) of the NATO Participation Act of

21 1994 (title II of Public Law 103–447; 22 U.S.C. 1928

22 note) is amended to read as follows:

23 ‘‘(f) TERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY.—(1) The eligi24 bility of a country designated under subsection (d) for the

25 program established in subsection (a) shall terminate 60
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1 days after the President makes a certification under para2 graph (2) unless, within the 60-day period, the Congress

3 enacts a joint resolution disapproving the termination of

4 eligibility.

5 ‘‘(2) Whenever the President determines that the gov6 ernment of a country designated under subsection (d)—

7 ‘‘(A) no longer meets the criteria set forth in

8 subsection (d)(2)(A);

9 ‘‘(B) is hostile to the NATO alliance; or

10 ‘‘(C) poses a national security threat to the

11 United States,

12 then the President shall so certify to the appropriate con13 gressional committees.’’.

14 (b) CONGRESSIONAL PRIORITY PROCEDURES.—Sec15 tion 203 of such Act is amended by adding at the end

16 the following new subsection:

17 ‘‘(g) CONGRESSIONAL PRIORITY PROCEDURES.—

18 ‘‘(1) APPLICABLE PROCEDURES.—A joint reso19 lution described in paragraph (2) which is intro20 duced in a House of Congress after the date on

21 which a certification made under subsection (f)(2) is

22 received by Congress shall be considered in accord23 ance with the procedures set forth in paragraphs (3)

24 through (7) of section 8066(c) of the Department of
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1 Defense Appropriations Act, 1985 (as contained in

2 Public Law 98–473 (98 Stat. 1936)), except that—

3 ‘‘(A) references to the ‘resolution described

4 in paragraph (1)’ shall be deemed to be ref5 erences to the joint resolution; and

6 ‘‘(B) references to the Committee on Ap7 propriations of the House of Representatives

8 and to the Committee on Appropriations of the

9 Senate shall be deemed to be references to the

10 Committee on International Relations of the

11 House of Representatives and the Committee

12 on Foreign Relations of the Senate.

13 ‘‘(2) TEXT OF JOINT RESOLUTION.—A joint

14 resolution under this paragraph is a joint resolution

15 the matter after the resolving clause of which is as

16 follows: ‘That the Congress disapproves the certifi17 cation submitted by the President on llllll

18 pursuant to section 203(f) of the NATO Participa19 tion Act of 1994.’.’’.

20 SEC. 7. REPORTS.

21 (a) ANNUAL REPORT.—Section 206 of the NATO

22 Participation Act of 1994 (title II of Public Law 103–

23 447; 22 U.S.C. 1928 note), as redesignated by section

24 5(1) of this Act, is amended—
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1 (1) by inserting ‘‘ANNUAL’’ in the section

2 heading before the first word;

3 (2) by inserting ‘‘annual’’ after ‘‘include in the’’

4 in the matter preceding paragraph (1);

5 (3) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Partnership

6 for Peace’’ and inserting ‘‘European’’; and

7 (4) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting in8 stead the following new paragraph:

9 ‘‘(2) In the event that the President determines

10 that, despite a period of transition assistance, a

11 country designated under section 203(d) has not, as

12 of January 10, 1999, met the standards for NATO

13 membership set forth in Article 10 of the North At14 lantic Treaty, the President shall transmit a report

15 to the designated congressional committees contain16 ing an assessment of the progress made by that

17 country in meeting those standards.’’.

18 SEC. 8. DEFINITIONS.

19 The NATO Participation Act of 1994 (title II of Pub20 lic Law 103–447; 22 U.S.C. 1928 note), as amended by

21 this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the fol22 lowing new section:

23 ‘‘SEC. 207. DEFINITIONS.

24 ‘‘For purposes of this title:
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1 ‘‘(1) NATO.—The term ‘NATO’ means the

2 North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

3 ‘‘(2) DESIGNATED CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT4 TEES.—The term ‘designated congressional commit5 tees’ means—

6 ‘‘(A) the Committee on International Rela7 tions, the Committee on National Security, and

8 the Committee on Appropriations of the House

9 of Representatives; and

10 ‘‘(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations,

11 the Committee on Armed Services, and the

12 Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.

13 ‘‘(3) EUROPEAN COUNTRIES EMERGING FROM

14 COMMUNIST DOMINATION.—The term ‘European

15 countries emerging from Communist domination’ in16 cludes, but is not limited to, Albania, Bulgaria,

17 Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithua18 nia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, and

19 Ukraine.’’.

20 (1) Since 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty Orga21 nization (NATO) has played an essential role in

22 guaranteeing the security, freedom, and prosperity of

23 the United States and its partners in the Alliance.

24 (2) NATO has expanded its membership on three

25 different occasions since 1949.
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1 (3) The sustained commitment of the member

2 countries of NATO to mutual defense of their security

3 ultimately made possible the democratic trans4 formation in Central and Eastern Europe and the de5 mise of the Soviet Union.

6 (4) NATO was designed to be and remains a de7 fensive military organization whose members have

8 never contemplated the use of, or used, military force

9 to expand the borders of its member states.

10 (5) While the immediate threat to the security of

11 the United States and its allies has been reduced with

12 the collapse of the Iron Curtain, new security threats,

13 such as the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, are

14 emerging to the shared interests of the member coun15 tries of NATO.

16 (6) NATO remains the only multilateral security

17 organization capable of conducting effective military

18 operations to protect Western security interests.

19 (7) NATO has played a positive role in defusing

20 tensions between NATO members and, as a result, no

21 military action has occurred between two NATO

22 member states since the inception of NATO in 1949.

23 (8) NATO is also an important diplomatic

24 forum for the discussion of issues of concern to its
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1 member states and for the peaceful resolution of dis2 putes.

3 (9) America’s security, freedom, and prosperity

4 remain linked to the security of the countries of Eu5 rope.

6 (10) Any threat to the security of the newly

7 emerging democracies in Europe would pose a secu8 rity threat to the United States and its European al9 lies.

10 (11) The admission to NATO of European coun11 tries that have been freed from Communist domina12 tion and that meet specific criteria for NATO mem13 bership would contribute to international peace and

14 enhance the security of the region.

15 (12) A number of countries have expressed vary16 ing degrees of interest in NATO membership, and

17 have taken concrete steps to demonstrate this commit18 ment.

19 (13) Full integration of Central and East Euro20 pean countries into the North Atlantic Alliance after

21 such countries meet essential criteria for admission

22 would enhance the security of the Alliance and, there23 by, contribute to the security of the United States.

24 (14) The expansion of NATO can create the sta25 ble environment needed to successfully complete the
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1 political and economic transformation envisioned by

2 European states emerging from Communist domina3 tion.

4 (15) In recognition that not all countries which

5 have requested membership in NATO will necessarily

6 qualify at the same pace, the accession date for each

7 new member will vary.

8 (16) Nothing in this title should be construed as

9 precluding the eventual NATO membership of Euro10 pean countries never under Communist domination,

11 namely, Austria, Finland, and Sweden.

12 (17) The provision of NATO transition assist13 ance should include those countries most ready for

14 closer ties with NATO and should be designed to as15 sist other countries meeting specified criteria of eligi16 bility to move forward toward eventual NATO mem17 bership.

18 (18) The evaluation of future membership in

19 NATO for countries emerging from Communist domi20 nation should be based on the progress of those na21 tions in meeting criteria for NATO transition assist22 ance and evolving NATO criteria, which require en23 hancement of NATO’s security and the approval of all

24 NATO members.
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1 SEC. 3. UNITED STATES POLICY.

2 It should be the policy of the United States—

3 (1) to join with the NATO allies of the United

4 States to redefine the role of the NATO Alliance in the

5 post-Cold War world;

6 (2) to actively assist European countries emerg7 ing from Communist domination in their transition

8 so that such countries may eventually qualify for

9 NATO membership; and

10 (3) to work to define the political and security

11 relationship between an enlarged NATO and the Rus12 sian Federation.

13 SEC. 4. REVISIONS TO PROGRAM TO FACILITATE TRANSI14 TION TO NATO MEMBERSHIP.

15 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—Subsection (a) of

16 section 203 of the NATO Participation Act of 1994 (title

17 II of Public Law 103–447; 22 U.S.C. 1928 note) is amended

18 to read as follows:

19 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The President

20 may provide expanded security assistance and other related

21 assistance to countries designated under subsection (d) to

22 facilitate their transition to full NATO membership.’’.

23 (b) ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES.—

24 (1) ELIGIBILITY.—Subsection (d) of section 203

25 of such Act is amended to read as follows:

26 ‘‘(d) DESIGNATION OF ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES.—
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1 ‘‘(1) PRESIDENTIAL REVIEW AND REPORT.—

2 Within 60 days of the enactment of the NATO Par3 ticipation Act Amendments of 1995, the President

4 shall transmit to the Congress an evaluation of Po5 land, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia, as

6 well as all other European countries emerging from

7 Communist domination which have expressed an in8 terest in joining NATO, in accordance with the cri9 teria in paragraph (3) and specifically designate one

10 or more of these countries to be eligible to receive as11 sistance under the program established in subsection

12 (a). The President shall provide a report of the coun13 try-by-country evaluation as well as an evaluation of

14 each designated country’s progress toward conform15 ance with criteria for full NATO membership.

16 ‘‘(2) OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES EMERGING

17 FROM COMMUNIST DOMINATION.—In addition to the

18 country or countries designated pursuant to para19 graph (1), the President may designate other Euro20 pean countries emerging from Communist domina21 tion. The President may make such a designation in

22 the case of any such country only if the President de23 termines, and reports to the designated congressional

24 committees, that such country meets the criteria speci25 fied in paragraph (3).
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1 ‘‘(3) CRITERIA.—The criteria referred to in

2 paragraph (2) are, with respect to each country, that

3 the country—

4 ‘‘(A) has made or is making significant

5 progress toward establishing—

6 ‘‘(i) shared values and interests;

7 ‘‘(ii) democratic governments;

8 ‘‘(iii) free market economies;

9 ‘‘(iv) civilian control of the military, of

10 the police, and of intelligence services;

11 ‘‘(v) adherence to the values, prin12 ciples, and political commitments embodied

13 in the Helsinki Final Act of the Organiza14 tion on Security and Cooperation in Eu15 rope; and

16 ‘‘(vi) more transparent defense budgets

17 and is participating in the Partnership For

18 Peace defense planning process;

19 ‘‘(B) has made public commitments—

20 ‘‘(i) to further the principles of NATO

21 and to contribute to the security of the

22 North Atlantic area;

23 ‘‘(ii) to accept the obligations, respon24 sibilities, and costs of NATO membership;

25 and
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1 ‘‘(iii) to implement infrastructure de2 velopment activities that will facilitate par3 ticipation in and support for NATO mili4 tary activities;

5 ‘‘(C) is not ineligible for assistance under

6 section 563 of Public Law 103–306, with respect

7 to transfers of equipment to a country the gov8 ernment of which the Secretary of State has de9 termined is a terrorist government for purposes

10 of section 40(d) of the Arms Export Control Act;

11 and

12 ‘‘(D) could, within five years of the deter13 mination of the President under paragraph (1)

14 or (2), be in a position to further the principles

15 of the North Atlantic Treaty and to contribute to

16 its own security and that of the North Atlantic

17 area.

18 ‘‘(4) PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR PARTNER19 SHIP FOR PEACE ACTIVITIES OR ON FUNDING FOR

20 THE WARSAW INITIATIVE.—Effective 60 days after the

21 date of enactment of the NATO Participation Act

22 Amendments of 1995, no funds authorized to be ap23 propriated under any provision of law may be obli24 gated or expended for activities associated with the

25 Partnership for Peace program or the Warsaw Initia-
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1 tive until the President has designated at least one

2 country to participate in the transition program es3 tablished under subsection (a).’’.

4 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

5 (A) Subsections (b) and (c) of section 203 of

6 such Act are amended by striking ‘‘countries de7 scribed in such subsection’’ each of the two places

8 it appears and inserting ‘‘countries designated

9 under subsection (d)’’.

10 (B) Subsection (e) of section 203 of such Act

11 is amended—

12 (i) by striking ‘‘subsection (d)’’ and in13 serting ‘‘subsection (d)(2)’’; and

14 (ii) by inserting ‘‘(22 U.S.C. 2394)’’

15 before the period at the end.

16 (C) Section 204(c) of such Act is amended

17 by striking ‘‘any other Partnership for Peace

18 country designated under section 203(d)’’ and

19 inserting ‘‘any country designated under section

20 203(d)(2)’’.

21 (c) TYPES OF ASSISTANCE.—Section 203(c) of such

22 Act is amended—

23 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (4)

24 as subparagraphs (A) through (D), respectively; and
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1 (2) by inserting after subparagraph (D) (as re2 designated) the following new subparagraphs:

3 ‘‘(E) Assistance under chapter 4 of part II of the

4 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (relating to the Eco5 nomic Support Fund).

6 ‘‘(F) Funds appropriated under the ‘Non7 proliferation and Disarmament Fund’ account’’.

8 ‘‘(G) Assistance under chapter 6 of part II of the

9 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (relating to peacekeep10 ing operations and other programs).’’.

11 ‘‘(H) Authority for the Department of Defense to

12 pay excess defense articles costs for countries des13 ignated for both grant lethal and nonlethal excess de14 fense articles.

15 ‘‘(I) Authority to convert FMF loans to grants,

16 and grants to loans, for eligible countries.

17 (3) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ immediately after ‘‘TYPE

18 OF ASSISTANCE.—’’; and

19 (4) by adding at the end the following new para20 graphs:

21 ‘‘(2) For fiscal years 1996 and 1997, in providing as22 sistance under chapter 5 of part II of the Foreign Assistance

23 Act of 1961 for the countries designated under subsection

24 (d), the President shall include as an important component

25 of such assistance the provision of sufficient language train-
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1 ing to enable military personnel to participate further in

2 programs for military training and in defense exchange

3 programs.

4 ‘‘(3) Of the amounts made available under chapter 5

5 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (relating

6 to international military education and training),

7 $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1996 and $5,000,000 for fiscal

8 year 1997 should support—

9 ‘‘(A) the attendance of additional military per10 sonnel of countries designated under subsection (d)(1)

11 or (d)(2), particularly Poland, Hungary, the Czech

12 Republic, and Slovakia, at professional military edu13 cation institutions in the United States in accordance

14 with section 544 of such Act; and

15 ‘‘(B) the placement and support of United States

16 instructors and experts at military educational cen17 ters within the foreign countries designated under

18 subsection (d) that are receiving assistance under that

19 chapter.’’.

20 SEC. 5. ASSISTANCE FOR NATO PARTICIPATION ACT DES21 IGNEES.

22 The President is authorized to obligate and expend

23 $60,000,000 from funds made available under the Foreign

24 Assistance Act of 1961 in support of countries designated
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1 to receive transition assistance under section 203(a) of the

2 NATO Participation Act, as follows:

3 (1) Poland: $20,000,000.

4 (2) Czech Republic: $10,000,000.

5 (3) Hungary: $5,000,000.

6 (4) Slovakia: $5,000,000.

7 (5) Other European countries designated under

8 subsection (d)(1) or subsection (d)(2): $20,000,000.

9 SEC. 6. TERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY.

10 Section 203(f) of the NATO Participation Act of 1994

11 (title II of Public Law 103–447; 22 U.S.C. 1928 note) is

12 amended to read as follows:

13 ‘‘(f) TERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY.—(1) The eligi14 bility of a country designated under subsection (d) for the

15 program established in subsection (a) shall terminate 60

16 days after the President makes a certification under para17 graph (2) unless, within the 60-day period, the Congress

18 enacts a joint resolution disapproving the termination of

19 eligibility.

20 ‘‘(2) Whenever the President determines that the gov21 ernment of a country designated under subsection (d)—

22 ‘‘(A) no longer meets the criteria set forth in sub23 section (d)(2)(A);

24 ‘‘(B) is hostile to the NATO alliance; or
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1 ‘‘(C) poses a national security threat to the

2 United States,

3 then the President shall so certify to the appropriate con4 gressional committees.

5 ‘‘(3) Nothing in this Act shall affect the eligi6 bility of countries to participate under other provi7 sions of law in programs described in this Act.

8 ‘‘(b) CONGRESSIONAL PRIORITY PROCEDURES.—Sec9 tion 203 of such Act is amended by adding at the end the

10 following new subsection:

11 ‘‘(g) CONGRESSIONAL PRIORITY PROCEDURES.—

12 ‘‘(1) APPLICABLE PROCEDURES.—A joint resolu13 tion described in paragraph (2) which is introduced

14 in a House of Congress after the date on which a cer15 tification made under subsection (f)(2) is received by

16 Congress shall be considered in accordance with the

17 procedures set forth in paragraphs (3) through (7) of

18 section 8066(c) of the Department of Defense Appro19 priations Act, 1985 (as contained in Public Law 98–

20 473 (98 Stat. 1936)), except that—

21 ‘‘(A) references to the ‘resolution described

22 in paragraph (1)’ shall be deemed to be ref23 erences to the joint resolution; and

24 ‘‘(B) references to the Committee on Appro25 priations of the House of Representatives and to
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2 shall be deemed to be references to the Committee

3 on International Relations of the House of Rep4 resentatives and the Committee on Foreign Rela5 tions of the Senate.

6 ‘‘(2) TEXT OF JOINT RESOLUTION.—A joint reso7 lution under this paragraph is a joint resolution the

8 matter after the resolving clause of which is as fol9 lows: ‘That the Congress disapproves the certification

10 submitted by the President on llllll pursu11 ant to section 203(f) of the NATO Participation Act

12 of 1994.’.’’.

13 SEC. 7. REPORTS.

14 (a) ANNUAL REPORT.—Section 206 of the NATO Par15 ticipation Act of 1994 (title II of Public Law 103–447; 22

16 U.S.C. 1928 note), as redesignated by section 705(1) of this

17 Act, is amended—

18 (1) by inserting ‘‘ANNUAL’’ in the section head19 ing before the first word;

20 (2) by inserting ‘‘annual’’ after ‘‘include in the’’

21 in the matter preceding paragraph (1);

22 (3) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Partnership

23 for Peace’’ and inserting ‘‘European’’; and

24 (4) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting in25 stead the following new paragraph:
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1 ‘‘(2) In the event that the President determines

2 that, despite a period of transition assistance, a coun3 try designated under section 203(d) has not, as of

4 January 10, 1999, met criteria for NATO member5 ship set forth by the North Atlantic Council, the

6 President shall transmit a report to the designated

7 congressional committees containing an assessment of

8 the progress made by that country in meeting those

9 standards.’’.

10 SEC. 8. DEFINITIONS.

11 The NATO Participation Act of 1994 (title II of Public

12 Law 103–447; 22 U.S.C. 1928 note), as amended by this

13 title, is further amended by adding at the end the following

14 new section:

15 ‘‘SEC. 207. DEFINITIONS.

16 ‘‘For purposes of this title:

17 ‘‘(1) NATO.—The term ‘NATO’ means the North

18 Atlantic Treaty Organization.

19 ‘‘(2) DESIGNATED CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT20 TEES.—The term ‘designated congressional commit21 tees’ means—

22 ‘‘(A) the Committee on International Rela23 tions, the Committee on National Security, and

24 the Committee on Appropriations of the House of

25 Representatives; and
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1 ‘‘(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations,

2 the Committee on Armed Services, and the Com3 mittee on Appropriations of the Senate.

4 ‘‘(3) EUROPEAN COUNTRIES EMERGING FROM

5 COMMUNIST DOMINATION.—The term ‘European coun6 tries emerging from Communist domination’ includes,

7 but is not limited to, Albania, Bulgaria, Czech Re8 public, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania,

9 Moldova, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, and

10 Ukraine.’’.

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘To amend the

NATO Participation Act of 1994 to expedite the transition to full membership in and cooperation with the

North Atlantic Treaty Organization of European countries emerging from Communist domination.

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