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Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103-236),
revised—
(A) in paragraph (2)—
(i) in the matter preceding
subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘in
written form not later than the
10th day of’’ after ‘‘shall be pro-
vided’’;
(ii) in subparagraph (A)(iv),
by inserting ‘‘(including facilities,
training, transportation, commu-
nication, 
intelligence, 
and
logistical support)’’ after ‘‘covered
by the resolution’’; and
(iii) in subparagraph (B), by
adding at the end the following
new clause:
‘‘(iv) A description of any
other United States assistance to
or support for the operation (in-
cluding facilities, training, trans-
portation, communication, intel-
ligence, and logistical support),
and an estimate of the cost to the
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United States of such assistance
or support.’’;
(B) by striking paragraph (3);
(C) by redesignating paragraph
(4) as paragraph (3) and in the last
sentence of that paragraph by strik-
ing ‘‘and (ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘through
(iv)’’;
(D) by inserting after paragraph
(3) (as so redesignated) the following
new paragraph:
‘‘(4) NEW
UNITED
NATIONS
PEACEKEEP-
ING OPERATION DEFINED.—As used in para-
graphs (2) (B) and (3), the term ‘new Unit-
ed Nations peacekeeping operation’ in-
cludes any existing or otherwise ongoing
United Nations peacekeeping operation—
‘‘(A) that is to be expanded by
more than 25 percent during the pe-
riod covered by the Security Council
resolution, as measured by either the
number of personnel participating (or
authorized to participate) in the oper-
ation or the budget of the operation;
or
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‘‘(B) that is to be authorized to op-
erate in a country in which it was not
previously authorized to operate.’’;
and
(E) in paragraph (5)—
(i) by striking ‘‘(5) NOTIFICA-
TION’’ and all that follows through
‘‘(B) The President’’ and inserting
‘‘(5) 
QUARTERLY
REPORTS.—The
President’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘section 4(d)’’
and all that follows through ‘‘of
this section)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
section (d)’’.
(b) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Subsection (a) of
section 407 of the Foreign Relations Authoriza-
tion Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public
Law 103–236), is repealed.
(c) DESIGNATED
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—Subsection (f) of section 4 of the United
Nations Participation Act of 1945 (22 U.S.C.
287b(f)), as redesignated by subsection (a), is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(f) DESIGNATED CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT-
TEES.—As used in this section, the term ‘‘des-
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ignated congressional committees’’ has the
meaning given such term in section 10(f).’’.
SEC. 503. NOTICE TO CONGRESS REGARDING UNITED
STATES CONTRIBUTIONS FOR UNITED NA-
TIONS PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES.
Section 10 of the United Nations Partici-
pation Act of 1945 is amended by adding after
subsection (a), as added by section 501, the fol-
lowing new subsection:
‘‘(b) NOTICE TO CONGRESS REGARDING CON-
TRIBUTIONS FOR PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES.—
‘‘(1) NOTICE REGARDING UNITED NATIONS
BILLING REQUEST.—Not later than 15 days
after the date on which the United States
receives from the United Nations a billing
requesting a payment by the United States
of any contribution for United Nations
peacekeeping 
activities, 
the 
President
shall so notify the designated congres-
sional committees.
‘‘(2) NOTICE REGARDING PROPOSED OBLI-
GATION OF FUNDS.—The President shall no-
tify the designated congressional commit-
tees at least 15 days before the United
States obligates funds for any assessed or
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voluntary contribution for United Nations
peacekeeping activities, except that if the
President determines that an emergency
exists which prevents compliance with the
requirement that such notification be pro-
vided 15 days in advance and that such
contribution is in the national security in-
terests of the United States, such notifica-
tion shall be provided in a timely manner
but no later than 48 hours after such obli-
gation.’’.
SEC. 504. REVISED NOTICE TO CONGRESS REGARDING
UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE FOR UNITED
NATIONS PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES.
Section 7 of the United Nations Participa-
tion Act of 1945 (22 U.S.C. 287d–1) is amend-
ed—
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting
‘‘other than subsection (e)(1)’’ after ‘‘any
other law’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following
new subsection:
‘‘(e)(1) Except as provided in paragraphs
(2) and (3), at least 15 days before any agency
or entity of the United States Government
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later than 48 hours after such assistance or fa-
cility is made available to the United Nations.
‘‘(4) For purposes of this subsection, the
term ‘assistance’—
‘‘(A) means assistance of any kind, in-
cluding 
logistical 
support, 
supplies,
goods, or services (including command,
control, communications or intelligence
assistance and training), and the grant of
rights of passage; and
‘‘(B) 
includes 
assistance 
provided
through in-kind contributions or through
the provision of support, supplies, goods,
or services on any terms, including on a
grant, lease, loan, or reimbursable basis;
but
‘‘(C) does not include the payment of
assessed or voluntary contributions.’’.
SEC. 505. UNITED STATES CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNITED NA-
TIONS PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES.
Section 4(d)(1) of the United Nations Par-
ticipation Act of 1945 (22 U.S.C. 287b(d)(1)) is
amended—
(1) by redesignating subparagraph
(D) as subparagraph (E); and
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(2) by inserting after subparagraph
(C) the following new subparagraph:
‘‘(D) A description of the antici-
pated budget for the next fiscal year
for United States participation in
United Nations peacekeeping activi-
ties, including a statement of—
‘‘(i) the aggregate amount of
funds available to the United Na-
tions for that fiscal year, includ-
ing assessed and voluntary con-
tributions, which may be made
available 
for 
United 
Nations
peacekeeping activities; and
‘‘(ii) the aggregate amount of
funds (from all accounts) and the
aggregate costs of in-kind con-
tributions that the United States
proposes to make available to the
United Nations for that fiscal year
for United Nations peacekeeping
activities.’’.
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SEC. 506. REIMBURSEMENT TO THE UNITED STATES FOR
IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNITED NA-
TIONS PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7 of the United
Nations Participation Act of 1945 (22 U.S.C.
287d–1), as amended by section 504, is further
amended—
(1) in subsection (b)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(b)’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘United States:
Provided,’’ through ‘‘Provided further,
That when’’ and inserting ‘‘United
States. When’’; and
(C) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(2) The Secretary of Defense may waive
the requirement for reimbursement under
paragraph (1) if the Secretary, after consulta-
tion with the Secretary of State and the Direc-
tor of the Office of Management and Budget,
determines that an emergency exists which
justifies waiver of that requirement. Any such
waiver shall be submitted to the designated
congressional committees, as defined in sec-
tion 10(a)(3)(B), at least 15 days before it takes
effect, except that if the President determines
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that an emergency exists which prevents com-
pliance with the requirement that the notifica-
tion be provided 15 days in advance and that
the provision under subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2)
of 
personnel 
or 
assistance 
on 
a
nonreimbursable basis is in the national secu-
rity interests of the United States, such notifi-
cation shall be provided in a timely manner
but no later than 48 hours after such waiver
takes effect.’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following
new subsection:
‘‘(f) The Secretary of State shall ensure
that goods and services provided on a reim-
bursable basis by the Department of Defense to
the United Nations for United Nations peace-
keeping operations under this section or any
other provision of law are reimbursed at the
appropriate value, as determined by the Sec-
retary of Defense.’’.
(b) INITIAL REPORT.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than one
year after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Representative of the United
States to the United Nations shall submit
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to the designated congressional commit-
tees a report on all actions taken by the
United States mission to the United Na-
tions to achieve the objective described in
section 7(f) of the United Nations Partici-
pation Act of 1945, as added by subsection
(a)(2).
(2) DESIGNATED
CONGRESSIONAL
COM-
MITTEES
DEFINED.—As used in this sub-
section, the term ‘‘designated congres-
sional committees’’ has the meaning given
such term in section 10(a)(3)(B) of the
United Nations Participation Act of 1945,
as added by section 501.
SEC. 507. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO PAY UNITED
STATES 
ASSESSED 
OR 
VOLUNTARY 
CON-
TRIBUTION FOR UNITED NATIONS PEACE-
KEEPING ACTIVITIES UNLESS DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE REIMBURSED BY UNITED NA-
TIONS FOR CERTAIN GOODS AND SERVICES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 10 of the United
Nations Participation Act of 1945 is amended
by adding after subsection (b), as added by sec-
tion 503, the following new subsection:
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‘‘(c) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO PAY
ASSESSED
OR VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS
FOR
PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES UNLESS DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE REIMBURSED FOR CERTAIN GOODS
AND SERVICES.—Appropriated funds may not be
used to pay any United States assessed or vol-
untary contribution during any fiscal year for
United Nations peacekeeping activities until
the Secretary of Defense certifies to the Con-
gress that the United Nations has reimbursed
the Department of Defense directly for all
goods and services that were provided to the
United Nations by the Department of Defense
on a reimbursable basis during the preceding
fiscal year for United Nations peacekeeping
activities, including personnel and assistance
provided under section 7 (except to the extent
that the authority of subsection (b)(2) of such
section to waive the reimbursement require-
ment was exercised with respect to such per-
sonnel or assistance).’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The prohibition con-
tained in section 10(c) of the United Nations
Participation Act of 1945, as added by sub-
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section (a), shall apply only with respect to fis-
cal years after fiscal year 1995.
SEC. 508. LIMITATION ON USE OF DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE FUNDS FOR UNITED STATES SHARE
OF COSTS OF UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEP-
ING ACTIVITIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Chapter 20 of title 10,
United States Code, is amended by inserting
after section 405, as added by section 401 of
this Act, the following new section:
‘‘§ 406. Use of Department of Defense funds for United
States share of costs of United Nations
peacekeeping activities: limitation
‘‘(a) PROHIBITION
ON USE
OF FUNDS
FOR
PAYMENT OF ASSESSMENTS AND VOLUNTARY CON-
TRIBUTIONS.—(1) Funds available to the De-
partment of Defense may not be used to make
a financial contribution (directly or through
another department or agency of the United
States) to the United Nations—
‘‘(A) for the costs of a United Nations
peacekeeping activity; or
‘‘(B) for any United States arrearage
to the United Nations.
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‘‘(2) The prohibition in paragraph (1)(A)
applies to voluntary contributions, as well as
to contributions pursuant to assessment by the
United Nations for the United States share of
the costs of a peacekeeping activity.
‘‘(b) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR PAR-
TICIPATION IN UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING
ACTIVITIES.—Funds available to the Depart-
ment of Defense may be used for payment of the
incremental costs associated with the partici-
pation of elements of the armed forces in a
United Nations peacekeeping activity only to
the extent that Congress has by law specifi-
cally authorized the use of those funds for that
purpose.
‘‘(c) COVERED PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES.—
In this section, the term ‘United Nations peace-
keeping activity’ means a peacekeeping activ-
ity carried out pursuant to a resolution of the
United Nations Security Council for which
costs are met (in whole or in part) through as-
sessments by the United Nations to its member
nations.’’.
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(2) The table of sections at the beginning
of such chapter is amended by adding at the
end the following new item:
‘‘406. Use of Department of Defense funds for United States share
of costs of United Nations peacekeeping activities:
limitation.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 406 of title
10, United States Code, as added by subsection
(a), shall take effect on October 1, 1995.
SEC. 509. CODIFICATION OF LIMITATION ON AMOUNT OF
UNITED STATES ASSESSED CONTRIBUTIONS
FOR UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING OPER-
ATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 10 of the United
Nations Participation Act of 1945 is amended
by adding after subsection (c), as added by sec-
tion 507, the following new subsection:
‘‘(d) LIMITATION
ON ASSESSED CONTRIBU-
TION WITH RESPECT TO A PEACEKEEPING OPER-
ATION.—Funds authorized to be appropriated
for ‘Contributions for International Peace-
keeping Activities’ for any fiscal year shall not
be available for the payment of the United
States assessed contribution for a United Na-
tions peacekeeping operation in an amount
which is greater than 25 percent of the total
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amount of all assessed contributions for that
operation.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The limitation con-
tained in section 10(d) of the United Nations
Participation Act of 1945, as added by sub-
section (a), shall apply only with respect to
funds authorized to be appropriated for ‘‘Con-
tributions for International Peacekeeping Ac-
tivities’’ for fiscal years after fiscal year 1995.
(c) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
404(b) of the Foreign Relations Authorization
Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law
103–236) is amended by striking paragraph
(2).
SEC. 510. BUY AMERICAN REQUIREMENT.
Section 10 of the United Nations Partici-
pation Act of 1945 is amended by adding after
subsection (d), as added by section 509, the fol-
lowing new subsections:
‘‘(e) 
BUY
AMERICAN
REQUIREMENT.—No
funds may be obligated or expended to pay any
United States assessed or voluntary contribu-
tion for United Nations peacekeeping activi-
ties unless the Secretary of State determines
and certifies to the designated congressional
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committees that United States manufacturers
and suppliers are being given opportunities to
provide equipment, services, and material for
such activities equal to those being given to
foreign manufacturers and suppliers.
‘‘(f) DESIGNATED CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT-
TEES DEFINED.—As used in this section, the
term ‘designated congressional committees’
means—
‘‘(1) the Committee on International
Relations and the Committee on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives;
and
‘‘(2) the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions and the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the Senate.’’.
SEC. 511. UNITED NATIONS BUDGETARY AND MANAGEMENT
REFORM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The United Nations Par-
ticipation Act of 1945 (22 U.S.C. 287 et seq.) is
further amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section:
‘‘SEC. 11. (a) WITHHOLDING OF CONTRIBU-
TIONS.—
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‘‘(1) ASSESSED CONTRIBUTIONS FOR REG-
ULAR UNITED NATIONS BUDGET.—At the be-
ginning of each fiscal year, 20 percent of
the amount of funds made available for
that fiscal year for United States assessed
contributions for the regular United Na-
tions budget shall be withheld from obli-
gation and expenditure unless a certifi-
cation for that fiscal year has been made
under subsection (b).
‘‘(2) 
ASSESSED
CONTRIBUTIONS
FOR
UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING.—At the be-
ginning of each fiscal year, 50 percent of
the amount of funds made available for
that fiscal year for United States assessed
contributions for United Nations peace-
keeping activities shall be withheld from
obligation and expenditure unless a cer-
tification for that fiscal year has been
made under subsection (b).
‘‘(3) VOLUNTARY
CONTRIBUTIONS
FOR
UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING.—The Unit-
ed States may not during any fiscal year
pay any voluntary contribution to the
United Nations for international peace-
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keeping activities unless a certification
for that fiscal year has been made under
subsection (b).
‘‘(b) CERTIFICATION.—The certification re-
ferred to in subsection (a) for any fiscal year
is a certification by the President to the Con-
gress, submitted on or after the beginning of
that fiscal year, of each of the following:
‘‘(1) The United Nations has an inde-
pendent office of Inspector General to con-
duct and supervise objective audits, in-
spections, and investigations relating to
programs and operations of the United
Nations.
‘‘(2) The United Nations has an In-
spector General who was appointed by the
Secretary General with the approval of
the General Assembly and whose appoint-
ment was made principally on the basis of
the 
appointee’s 
integrity 
and 
dem-
onstrated ability in accounting, auditing,
financial 
analysis, 
law, 
management
analysis, public administration, or inves-
tigation.
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‘‘(3) The Inspector General is author-
ized to—
‘‘(A) make investigations and re-
ports relating to the administration of
the programs and operations of the
United Nations;
‘‘(B) have access to all records,
documents, and other available mate-
rials relating to those programs and
operations;
‘‘(C) have direct and prompt ac-
cess to any official of the United Na-
tions; and
‘‘(D) have access to all records
and officials of the specialized agen-
cies of the United Nations.
‘‘(4) The United Nations has fully im-
plemented, and made available to all
member states, procedures that effectively
protect the identity of, and prevent repris-
als against, any staff member of the Unit-
ed Nations making a complaint or dis-
closing information to, or cooperating in
any investigation or inspection by, the
United Nations Inspector General.
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‘‘(5) The United Nations has fully im-
plemented procedures that ensure compli-
ance with recommendations of the United
Nations Inspector General.
‘‘(6) The United Nations has required
the United Nations Inspector General to
issue an annual report and has ensured
that the annual report and all other re-
ports of the Inspector General are made
available to the General Assembly without
modification.
‘‘(7) The United Nations has provided,
and is committed to providing, sufficient
budgetary resources to ensure the effective
operation of the United Nations Inspector
General.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 11 of the
United Nations Participation Act of 1945, as
added by subsection (a), shall apply only with
respect to fiscal years after fiscal year 1995.
SEC. 512. CONDITIONS ON PROVISION OF INTELLIGENCE
TO THE UNITED NATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The United Nations Par-
ticipation Act of 1945 (22 U.S.C. 287 et seq.) is
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further amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section:
‘‘SEC. 12. (a) CONDITIONS ON PROVISION OF
INTELLIGENCE TO THE UNITED NATIONS.—
‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT
FOR
AGREEMENT.—
The United States may provide intel-
ligence to the United Nations only pursu-
ant to a written agreement between the
President and the Secretary General of
the United Nations.
‘‘(2) 
CONTENT
OF
AGREEMENT.—Any
such agreement shall specify—
‘‘(A) the types of intelligence to be
provided to the United Nations;
‘‘(B) 
the 
circumstances 
under
which intelligence may be provided to
the United Nations; and
‘‘(C) the procedures to be observed
by the United Nations—
‘‘(i) concerning persons who
shall have access to the intel-
ligence provided; and
‘‘(ii) to protect the intelligence
against disclosure not authorized
by the agreement.
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‘‘(3) DURATION
OF
AGREEMENT.—Any
such agreement shall be effective for a pe-
riod not to exceed one year from the date
on which the agreement enters into force.
‘‘(b) ADVANCE NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS.—
An agreement described in subsection (a) shall
be effective only if the President has transmit-
ted the agreement to the Committee on Inter-
national Relations and the Permanent Select
Committee on Intelligence of the House of Rep-
resentatives and to the Committee on Foreign
Relations and the Select Committee on Intel-
ligence of the Senate not less than 30 days in
advance of the entry into force of the agree-
ment.
‘‘(c) DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY.—The Presi-
dent may delegate the authority and assign
the duties of the President under this section
only to the Secretary of Defense or the Director
of Central Intelligence.
‘‘(d) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (a) shall not
apply to the provision of intelligence—
‘‘(1) that is provided only to, and for
the use of, United States Government per-
sonnel serving with the United Nations; or
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‘‘(2) that is essential for the protection
of nationals of the United States, includ-
ing members of the United States Armed
Forces and civilian personnel of the Unit-
ed States Government.
‘‘(e) RELATIONSHIP TO EXISTING LAW.—Noth-
ing in this section shall be construed to—
‘‘(1) impair or otherwise affect the au-
thority of the Director of Central Intel-
ligence to protect intelligence sources and
methods from unauthorized disclosure
pursuant to section 103(c)(5) of the Na-
tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 403–
3(c)(5)); or
‘‘(2) supersede or otherwise affect the
provisions of—
‘‘(A) title V of the National Secu-
rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 413–415); or
‘‘(B) section 112b of title 1, United
States Code.’’.
(b) 
EFFECTIVE
DATE.—The 
amendment
made by subsection (a) shall take effect 60
days after the date of the enactment of this
Act.
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TITLE VI—REVITALIZATION AND
EXPANSION OF THE NORTH
ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZA-
TION
SEC. 601. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘NATO Revi-
talization and Expansion Act of 1995’’.
SEC. 602. FINDINGS.
The Congress makes the following find-
ings:
(1) Since 1948, the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization (NATO) has helped
to guarantee the security, freedom, and
prosperity of the United States and its
partners in the alliance.
(2) NATO has expanded its member-
ship on three different occasions since its
founding in 1949.
(3) The steadfast and sustained com-
mitment of the member countries of NATO
to mutual defense against the threat of
communist domination played a signifi-
cant role in precipitating the collapse of
the Iron Curtain and the demise of the So-
viet Union.
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(4) In the place of that threat, new se-
curity threats are emerging to the shared
interests of the member countries of
NATO.
(5) Although these new threats are
more geographically and functionally di-
verse and less predictable, they still im-
peril shared interests of the United States
and its NATO allies.
(6) Western interests must be protected
on a cooperative basis without an undue
burden falling upon the United States.
(7) NATO is the only multilateral or-
ganization that is capable of conducting
effective military operations to protect
Western interests.
(8) The valuable experience gained
from ongoing military cooperation within
NATO was critical to the success of joint
military operations in the 1991 liberation
of Kuwait.
(9) NATO is an important diplomatic
forum for discussion of issues of concern
to its member states and for the peaceful
resolution of disputes.
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(10) Admission of Central and East
European countries that have recently
been freed from Communist domination to
NATO could contribute to international
peace and enhance the security of those
countries.
(11) A number of countries, including
the Visegrad countries (the Czech Repub-
lic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia), the
Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithua-
nia), and Ukraine, have expressed interest
in NATO membership.
(12) In recognition of this interest, the
Partnership for Peace proposal offers lim-
ited military cooperation to many Euro-
pean countries not currently members of
NATO, but fails to establish benchmarks
or guidelines for eventual NATO member-
ship.
(13) In particular, Poland, Hungary,
the Czech Republic, and Slovakia have
made significant progress toward estab-
lishing democratic institutions, free mar-
ket economies, civilian control of their
armed forces, police, and intelligence
223
services, and the rule of law since the fall
of their previous Communist governments.
SEC. 603. UNITED STATES POLICY.
It should be the policy of the United
States—
(1) to continue the Nation’s commit-
ment to an active leadership role in
NATO;
(2) to join with the Nation’s NATO al-
lies to redefine the role of the alliance in
the post-Cold War world, taking into ac-
count—
(A) the fundamentally changed se-
curity environment of Central and
Eastern Europe;
(B) the need to assure all coun-
tries of the defensive nature of the al-
liance and the desire of its members to
work cooperatively with all former ad-
versaries;
(C) the emerging security threats
posed by the proliferation of nuclear,
chemical, and biological weapons of
mass destruction and the means to de-
liver them;
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(D) the continuing challenges to
the interests of all NATO member
countries posed by unstable and un-
democratic regimes harboring hostile
intentions; and
(E) the dependence of the global
economy on a stable energy supply
and the free flow of commerce;
(3) to affirm that NATO military plan-
ning should include joint military oper-
ations beyond the geographic bounds of
the alliance under Article 4 of the North
Atlantic Treaty when the shared interests
of the United States and other member
countries require such action to defend
vital interests;
(4) that Poland, Hungary, the Czech
Republic, and Slovakia should be in a po-
sition to further the principles of the
North Atlantic Treaty and to contribute to
the security of the North Atlantic area not
later than January 10, 1999 (5 years from
the date of the establishment of the Part-
nership for Peace), and, in accordance
with Article 10 of such Treaty, should be
225
invited to become full NATO members not
later than that date, provided these coun-
tries—
(A) meet appropriate standards,
including—
(i) shared values and inter-
ests;
(ii) democratic governments;
(iii) free market economies;
(iv) civilian control of the
military, of the police, and of in-
telligence services;
(v) adherence to the values,
principles, and political commit-
ments embodied in the Helsinki
Final Act of the Conference on Se-
curity and Cooperation in Europe;
(vi) commitment to further the
principles of NATO and to con-
tribute to the security of the North
Atlantic area;
(vii) commitment to accept the
obligations, responsibilities, and
costs of NATO membership; and
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(viii) commitment to imple-
ment infrastructure development
activities that will facilitate par-
ticipation 
in 
and 
support 
for
NATO military activities; and
(B) remain committed to protect-
ing the rights of all their citizens and
respecting the territorial integrity of
their neighbors;
(5) that the United States, other NATO
member nations, and NATO itself should
furnish appropriate assistance to facili-
tate the transition of Poland, Hungary,
the Czech Republic, and Slovakia to full
NATO membership not later than Janu-
ary 10, 1999; and
(6) that other European countries
emerging from communist domination, in
particular the Baltic states (Estonia, Lat-
via, and Lithuania) and Ukraine, may be
in a position at a future date to further
the principles of the North Atlantic Treaty
and to contribute to the security of the
North Atlantic area, and at the appro-
priate time they should receive assistance