forces of the United States and the Russian Federa-
tion. 
(5) Any geographical relocation or storage of 
nonstrategic nuclear weapons by the Russian Fed-
eration does not constitute a reduction or elimi-
nation of such weapons. 
(6) The vast advantage of the Russian Federa-
tion in nonstrategic nuclear weapons constitutes a 
threat to the United States and its allies and a 
growing asymmetry in Western Europe. 
(c) NATO MISSILE DEFENSE.—It is the policy of the 
United States that— 
(1) the European Phased Adaptive Approach 
(EPAA) is a United States program to support 
NATO’s mission of territorial defense against bal-
listic missile attack; 
(2) the United States will continue to imple-
ment and fund, with financial support of allies, all 
four phases of the EPAA, consistent with President 
Obama’s letter to the Senate on December 18, 2010; 
(3) the United States will continue to seek fur-
ther allied contributions to this mission (including 
radars, sensors, interceptors, and financial support), 
in addition to European commitments regarding 
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NATO’s Active Layered Theater Ballistic Missile 
Defense (ALTBMD); and 
(4) broad allied burden and risk sharing for the 
NATO territorial missile defense mission will be crit-
ical to its long-term viability and success. 
(d) SMART DEFENSE.—It is the policy of the United 
States— 
(1) to seek defense efficiencies where possible to 
ensure that the NATO alliance is effective and effi-
cient, including elements of greater specialization, 
prioritization, and cooperation (pooling and sharing); 
and 
(2) to nonetheless press NATO allies to reduce 
the defense gap with the United States by equipping 
themselves with capabilities that are deemed to be 
critical, deployable, and sustainable, to meet the 
agreed upon benchmark of spending at least 2 per-
cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on defense, 
and to demonstrate political determination to 
achieve these goals. 
SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that, at the Chicago Sum-
mit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in May 
2012, the President should lead NATO efforts— 
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(1) to ensure that enlargement remains a pri-
ority; 
(2) to grant or provide a clear roadmap for the 
granting of a NATO Membership Action Plan (or 
other equivalent plan) to Georgia and Bosnia and 
Herzogovina; and 
(3) to invite, or provide a clear roadmap for in-
viting, the Republic of Macedonia and Montenegro 
to join NATO. 
SEC. 5. DESIGNATION OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA AND 
MONTENEGRO AS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE AS-
SISTANCE UNDER THE NATO PARTICIPATION 
ACT OF 1994. 
(a) BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Bosnia and Herzegovina is 
designated as eligible to receive assistance under the 
program established under section 203(a) of the 
NATO Participation Act of 1994 (title II of Public 
Law 103–447; 22 U.S.C. 1928 note), and shall be 
deemed to have been so designated pursuant to sec-
tion 203(d)(1) of such Act. 
(2) ASSISTANCE
TO
PLACE
IMMOVABLE
DE-
FENSE
PROPERTY
UNDER
MINISTRY
OF
DEFENSE 
JURISDICTION.—Assistance provided pursuant to 
paragraph (1) shall in part be directed towards en-
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couraging and assisting the Government of Bosnia 
and Herzegovina in its efforts to place all immovable 
defense property under the jurisdiction of the Min-
istry of Defense in order to fulfill the requirements 
to join the NATO Membership Action Plan. 
(b) MONTENEGRO.—Montenegro is designated as eli-
gible to receive assistance under the program established 
under section 203(a) of the NATO Participation Act of 
1994, and shall be deemed to have been so designated pur-
suant to section 203(d)(1) of such Act. 
SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF SECURITY ASSISTANCE TO 
BOSNIA AND HERZOGOVINA AND MONTE-
NEGRO UNDER THE NATO PARTICIPATION 
ACT OF 1994. 
Of the amounts made available for fiscal year 2012 
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 Bosnia and 
Herzegovina and Montenegro. 
SEC. 7. REAUTHORIZATION OF SECURITY ASSISTANCE FOR 
COUNTRIES PREVIOUSLY DESIGNATED AS EL-
IGIBLE TO RECEIVE ASSISTANCE UNDER THE 
NATO PARTICIPATION ACT OF 1994. 
Of the amounts made available for fiscal year 2012 
under section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 
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U.S.C. 2763) such sums as may be necessary are author-
ized to be appropriated for assistance to Georgia, the Re-
public of Macedonia, and Ukraine. 
SEC. 8. REAUTHORIZATION OF PROGRAMS TO FACILITATE 
TRANSITION TO NATO MEMBERSHIP. 
Section 203 of the NATO Participation Act (Public 
Law 103–447; 22 U.S.C. 1928 note) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘The President may estab-
lish a program’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘The President— 
‘‘(1) may establish a program’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘pursuant to subsection 
(d).’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘pursuant to 
subsection (d); and 
‘‘(2) shall establish and regularly update bilat-
eral programs to assist Bosnia and Herzogovina 
Georgia, the Republic of Macedonia, and Monte-
negro to achieve full NATO membership.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a semicolon; 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
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