I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 987 
To endorse further enlargement of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
(NATO) and to facilitate the timely admission of new members to NATO, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 12, 2007 
Mr. TANNER (for himself, Mr. GILLMOR, Mr. LANTOS, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, 
Mr. WEXLER, and Mr. GALLEGLY) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To endorse further enlargement of the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization (NATO) and to facilitate the timely admis-
sion of new members to NATO, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘NATO Freedom Con-
solidation Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) The sustained commitment of the North At-
lantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to mutual de-
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fense has made possible the democratic trans-
formation of Central and Eastern Europe. Members 
of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization can and 
should play a critical role in addressing the security 
challenges of the post-Cold War era in creating the 
stable environment needed for those emerging de-
mocracies in Europe. 
(2) Lasting stability and security in Europe re-
quires the military, economic, and political integra-
tion of emerging democracies into existing European 
structures. 
(3) In an era of threats from terrorism and the 
proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, the 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization is increasingly 
contributing to security in the face of global security 
challenges for the protection and interests of its 
member states. 
(4) 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 par-
ticipants in the Partnership for Peace in a position 
to further the principles of the North Atlantic Trea-
ty and to contribute to the security of the North At-
lantic area should be invited to become full NATO 
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members in accordance with Article 10 of such 
Treaty at an early date . . .’’. 
(5) In the NATO Enlargement Facilitation Act 
of 1996 (title VI of section 101(c) of title I of divi-
sion 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 the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and de-
clared 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 emerg-
ing 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’’. 
(6) 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, 
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and peace in Europe should they become NATO 
members [and] upon complete satisfaction of all rel-
evant criteria should be invited to become full NATO 
members at the earliest possible date’’. 
(7) In the Gerald B. H. Solomon Freedom Con-
solidation Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–187; 22 
U.S.C. 1928 note), Congress endorsed ‘‘. . . the vi-
sion of further enlargement of the NATO Alliance 
articulated by President George W. Bush on June 
15, 2001, and by former President William J. Clin-
ton on October 22, 1996’’. 
(8) At the Madrid Summit of the North Atlan-
tic Treaty Organization in July 1997, Poland, Hun-
gary, and the Czech Republic were invited to join 
the Alliance, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organi-
zation heads of state and government issued a dec-
laration stating ‘‘[t]he alliance expects to extend fur-
ther invitations in coming years to nations willing 
and able to assume the responsibilities and obliga-
tions of membership . . . [n]o European democratic 
country whose admission would fulfill the objectives 
of the [North Atlantic] Treaty will be excluded from 
consideration’’. 
(9) At the Washington Summit of the North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization in April 1999, the 
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization 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 ex-
cluded from consideration, regardless of its geo-
graphic location . . .’’. 
(10) In May 2000 in Vilnius, Lithuania, the 
foreign ministers of Albania, Bulgaria, Estonia, Lat-
via, Lithuania, the Republic of Macedonia, Romania, 
Slovakia, and Slovenia issued a statement (later 
joined by Croatia) declaring that— 
(A) their countries will cooperate in jointly 
seeking membership in the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization in the next round of en-
largement of the North Atlantic Treaty Organi-
zation; 
(B) the realization of membership in the 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization by one or 
more of these countries would be a success for 
all; and 
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(C) eventual membership in the North At-
lantic Treaty Organization for all of these coun-
tries would be a success for Europe and for the 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization. 
(11) 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 responsibil-
ities 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’’. 
(12) On October 22, 1996, in a speech in De-
troit, Michigan, former President William J. Clinton 
stated ‘‘NATO’s doors will not close behind its first 
new members . . . NATO should remain open to all 
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of Europe’s emerging democracies who are ready to 
shoulder the responsibilities of membership . . . [n]o 
nation will be automatically excluded . . . [n]o coun-
try outside NATO will have a veto . . . [a] gray zone 
of insecurity must not reemerge in Europe’’. 
(13) At the Prague Summit of the North Atlan-
tic Treaty Organization in November 2002, Bul-
garia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slo-
vakia, and Slovenia were invited to join the Alliance 
in the second round of enlargement of the North At-
lantic Treaty Organization since the end of the Cold 
War, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
heads of state and government issued a declaration 
stating ‘‘NATO’s door will remain open to European 
democracies willing and able to assume the respon-
sibilities and obligations of membership, in accord-
ance with Article 10 of the Washington Treaty’’. 
(14) On May 8, 2003, the United States Senate 
unanimously approved the Resolution of Ratification 
to Accompany Treaty Document No. 108–4, Proto-
cols to the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on Acces-
sion of Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Roma-
nia, Slovakia, and Slovenia, inviting Bulgaria, Esto-
nia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slo-
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venia to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-
tion. 
(15) At the Istanbul Summit of the North At-
lantic Treaty Organization in June 2004, the North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization heads of state and gov-
ernment issued a communique´ reaffirming that 
NATO’s door remains open to new members, declar-
ing ‘‘[w]e celebrate the success of NATO’s Open 
Door Policy, and reaffirm today that our seven new 
members will not be the last. The door to member-
ship remains open. We welcome the progress made 
by Albania, Croatia, and the former Yugoslav Re-
public of Macedonia (1) in implementing their An-
nual National Programmes under the Membership 
Action Plan, and encourage them to continue pur-
suing the reforms necessary to progress toward 
NATO membership. We also commend their con-
tribution to regional stability and cooperation. We 
want all three countries to succeed and will continue 
to assist them in their reform efforts. NATO will 
continue to assess each country’s candidacy individ-
ually, based on the progress made towards reform 
goals pursued through the Membership Action Plan, 
which will remain the vehicle to keep the readiness 
of each aspirant for membership under review. We 
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direct that NATO Foreign Ministers keep the en-
largement process, including the implementation of 
the Membership Action Plan, under continual review 
and report to us. We will review at the next Summit 
progress by aspirants towards membership based on 
that report’’. 
(16) Georgia and Ukraine have stated their de-
sire to join the Euro-Atlantic community, and in 
particular, are seeking to join the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization. Georgia and Ukraine are work-
ing closely with the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-
tion and its members to meet criteria for eventual 
membership in NATO. 
(17) At a press conference with President Mi-
khail Saakashvili of Georgia in Washington, DC on 
July 5, 2006, President George W. Bush stated that 
‘‘. . . I believe that NATO would benefit with Georgia 
being a member of NATO, and I think Georgia 
would benefit. And there’s a way forward through 
the Membership Action Plan . . . And I’m a believer 
in the expansion of NATO. I think it’s in the world’s 
interest that we expand NATO’’. 
(18) Following a meeting of NATO Foreign 
Ministers in New York on September 21, 2006, 
NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer 
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announced the launching of an Intensified Dialogue 
on membership between the Alliance and Georgia. 
(19) At the NATO-Ukraine Commission Sum-
mit in Brussels in February 2005, President of 
Ukraine Victor Yushchenko declared membership in 
NATO as the ultimate goal of Ukraine’s cooperation 
with the Alliance and expressed Ukraine’s desire to 
conclude a Membership Action Plan. 
(20) At the NATO-Ukraine Commission For-
eign Ministerial meeting in Vilnius in April 2005, 
NATO and Ukraine launched an Intensified Dia-
logue on the potential membership of Ukraine in 
NATO. 
(21) At the Riga Summit of the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization in November 2006, the Heads 
of State and Government of the member countries of 
NATO issued a declaration reaffirming that NATO’s 
door remains open to new members, declaring that 
‘‘all European democratic countries may be consid-
ered for MAP (Membership Action Plan) or admis-
sion, subject to decision by the NAC (North Atlantic 
Council) at each stage, based on the performance of 
these countries towards meeting the objectives of the 
North Atlantic Treaty. We direct that NATO For-
eign Ministers keep that process under continual re-
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view and report to us. We welcome the efforts of Al-
bania, Croatia, and the former Yugoslav Republic of 
Macedonia to prepare themselves for the responsibil-
ities and obligations of membership. We reaffirm 
that the Alliance will continue with Georgia and 
Ukraine its Intensified Dialogues which cover the 
full range of political, military, financial and security 
issues relating to those countries’ aspirations to 
membership, without prejudice to any eventual Alli-
ance decision. We reaffirm the importance of the 
NATO-Ukraine Distinctive Partnership, which has 
its 10th anniversary next year and welcome the 
progress that has been made in the framework of 
our Intensified Dialogue. We appreciate Ukraine’s 
substantial contributions to our common security, in-
cluding through participation in NATO-led oper-
ations and efforts to promote regional cooperation. 
We encourage Ukraine to continue to contribute to 
regional security. We are determined to continue to 
assist, through practical cooperation, in the imple-
mentation of far-reaching reform efforts, notably in 
the fields of national security, defence, reform of the 
defence-industrial sector and fighting corruption. We 
welcome the commencement of an Intensified Dia-
logue with Georgia as well as Georgia’s contribution 
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to international peacekeeping and security oper-
ations. We will continue to engage actively with 
Georgia in support of its reform process. We encour-
age Georgia to continue progress on political, eco-
nomic and military reforms, including strengthening 
judicial reform, as well as the peaceful resolution of 
outstanding conflicts on its territory. We reaffirm 
that it is of great importance that all parties in the 
region should engage constructively to promote re-
gional peace and stability.’’ 
(22) Contingent upon their continued imple-
mentation of democratic, defense, and economic re-
form, and their willingness and ability to meet the 
responsibilities of membership in the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization and a clear expression of na-
tional intent to do so, Congress calls for the timely 
admission of Albania, Croatia, Georgia, Macedonia, 
and Ukraine to the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-
tion to promote security and stability in Europe. 
SEC. 3. DECLARATIONS OF POLICY. 
Congress— 
(1) reaffirms its previous expressions of support 
for continued enlargement of the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization contained in the NATO Partici-
pation Act of 1994, the NATO Enlargement Facili-
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tation Act of 1996, the European Security Act of 
1998, and the Gerald B. H. Solomon Freedom Con-
solidation Act of 2002; 
(2) supports the commitment to further en-
largement of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
to include European democracies that are able and 
willing to meet the responsibilities of Membership, as 
expressed by the Alliance in its Madrid Summit Dec-
laration 
of 
1997, 
its 
Washington 
Summit 
Communique´ of 1999, its Prague Summit Declara-
tion of 2002, its Istanbul Summit Communique´ of 
2004, and its Riga Summit Declaration of 2006; 
and 
(3) endorses the vision of further enlargement 
of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization articu-
lated by President George W. Bush on June 15, 
2001, and by former President William J. Clinton 
on October 22, 1996, and urges our allies in the 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization to work with the 
United States to realize a role for the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization in promoting global security, 
including continued support for enlargement to in-
clude qualified candidate states, specifically by enter-
ing into a Membership Action Plan with Georgia and 
recognizing the progress toward meeting the respon-
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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), and the designation of Slovakia 
pursuant to section 4(a) of the Gerald B. H. Sol-
omon Freedom Consolidation Act of 2002 (Public 
Law 107–187; 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 countries pursuant to section 
203(d)(2) of the NATO Participation Act of 1994 as 
eligible to receive assistance under the program es-
tablished under section 203(a) of such Act. 
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF SECURITY ASSISTANCE FOR 
COUNTRIES DESIGNATED UNDER THE NATO 
PARTICIPATION ACT OF 1994. 
Of the amounts made available for fiscal year 2008 
under section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 
U.S.C. 2763) such sums as may be necessary are author-
ized to be appropriated for assistance to the Republic of 
Albania, the Republic of Croatia, Georgia, the Republic 
of Macedonia, and Ukraine. 
Æ 
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