SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Gerald B. H. Solomon
Freedom Consolidation Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) 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 participants
in the Partnership for Peace in a position to further
the principles of the North Atlantic Treaty and to
contribute to the security of the North Atlantic area
should be invited to become full NATO members in
accordance with Article 10 of such Treaty at an early
date . . .’’.
(2) In the NATO Enlargement Facilitation Act
of 1996 (title VI of section 101(c) of title I of division
A of Public Law 104–208; 22 U.S.C. 1928 note), Con-
gress called for the prompt admission of Poland,
Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slovenia to NATO,
and declared that ‘‘in order to promote economic sta-
bility and security in Slovakia, Estonia, Latvia,
Lithuania, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Moldova,
and Ukraine . . . the process of enlarging NATO to
include emerging democracies in Central and Eastern
Europe should not be limited to consideration of ad-
mitting Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and
Slovenia as full members of the NATO Alliance’’.
(3) 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, and
peace in Europe should they become NATO members
[and] upon complete satisfaction of all relevant cri-
teria should be invited to become full NATO members
at the earliest possible date’’.
(4) At the Madrid Summit of the NATO Alliance
in July 1997, Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Re-
public were invited to join the Alliance in the first
round of NATO enlargement, and the NATO heads of
state and government issued a declaration stating
‘‘[t]he Alliance expects to extend further invitations in
coming years to nations willing and able to assume
the responsibilities and obligations of membership
. . . [n]o European democratic country whose admis-
sion would fulfill the objectives of the [North Atlantic]
Treaty will be excluded from consideration’’.
(5) At the Washington Summit of the NATO Al-
liance in April 1999, the NATO 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 excluded from consid-
eration, regardless of its geographic location . . .’’.
(6) In late 2002, NATO will hold a summit in
Prague, the Czech Republic, at which it will decide
which additional emerging democracies in Central
and Eastern Europe to invite to join the Alliance in
the next round of NATO enlargement.
(7) In May 2000 in Vilnius, Lithuania, the for-
eign ministers of Albania, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia,
Lithuania, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Mac-
edonia, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia issued a
statement (later joined by Croatia) declaring that
their countries will cooperate in jointly seeking NATO
membership in the next round of NATO enlargement,
that the realization of NATO membership by one or
more of these countries would be a success for all, and
that eventual NATO membership for all of these coun-
tries would be a success for Europe and NATO.
(8) 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 Eu-
rope’s old democracies have . . . I believe in NATO
membership for all of Europe’s democracies that seek
it and are ready to share the responsibilities 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’’.
(9) On October 22, 1996, in a speech in Detroit,
Michigan, former President William J. Clinton stated
‘‘NATO’s doors will not close behind its first new
members . . . NATO should remain open to all 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’’.
SEC. 3. DECLARATIONS OF POLICY.
Congress—
(1) reaffirms its previous expressions of support
for continued enlargement of the NATO Alliance con-
tained in the NATO Participation Act of 1994, the
NATO Enlargement Facilitation Act of 1996, and the
European Security Act of 1998;
(2) supports the commitment to further enlarge-
ment of the NATO Alliance expressed by the Alliance
in its Madrid Declaration of 1997 and its Wash-
ington Summit Communique of 1999; and
(3) endorses the vision of further enlargement of
the NATO Alliance articulated by President George
W. Bush on June 15, 2001, and by former President
William J. Clinton on October 22, 1996, and urges
our NATO allies to work with the United States to
realize this vision at the Prague Summit in 2002.
SEC. 4. DESIGNATION OF SLOVAKIA TO RECEIVE ASSIST-
ANCE UNDER THE NATO PARTICIPATION ACT
OF 1994.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Slovakia 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 section
203(d)(1) of such Act.
(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The designation of Slo-
vakia pursuant to subsection (a) as eligible to receive assist-
ance under the program established under section 203(a)
of the NATO Participation Act of 1994—
(1) is in addition to the designation of Poland,
Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slovenia pursuant
to section 606 of the NATO Enlargement Facilitation
Act of 1996 (title VI of section 101(c) of title I of di-
vision A of Public Law 104–208; 22 U.S.C. 1928
note) and the designation of Romania, Estonia, Lat-
via, Lithuania, and Bulgaria pursuant to section
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) 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 emerging democracies in Central
and Eastern Europe pursuant to section 203(d)(2) of
the NATO Participation Act of 1994 as eligible to re-
ceive assistance under the program established under
section 203(a) of such Act.
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF SECURITY ASSISTANCE FOR
COUNTRIES DESIGNATED UNDER THE NATO
PARTICIPATION ACT OF 1994.
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF FOREIGN MILITARY FINANC-
ING.—Of the amounts made available for fiscal year 2002
under section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C.
2763)—
(1) $6,500,000 is authorized to be available on a
grant basis for Estonia;
(2) $7,000,000 is authorized to be available on a
grant basis for Latvia;
(3) $7,500,000 is authorized to be available on a
grant basis for Lithuania;
(4) $8,500,000 is authorized to be available on a
grant basis for Slovakia;
(5) $4,500,000 is authorized to be available on a
grant basis for Slovenia;
(6) $10,000,000 is authorized to be available on
a grant basis for Bulgaria; and
(7) $11,500,000 is authorized to be available on
a grant basis for Romania.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (a) of sec-
tion 515 of the Security Assistance Act of 2000 (Public Law
106–280) is amended by striking paragraphs (1), (5), (6),
(7), and (8) and redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and
(9) as paragraphs (1) through (4), respectively.
Union Calendar No. 161
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3167
[Report No. 107–266]
A BILL
To endorse the vision of further enlargement of the
NATO Alliance articulated by President George
W. Bush on June 15, 2001, and by former Presi-
dent William J. Clinton on October 22, 1996,
and for other purposes.
NOVEMBER 5, 2001
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,
and ordered to be printed