Article 10 of such Treaty, be invited to become a full
NATO member, provided it—
(A) meets appropriate standards, including
each of the standards specified in clauses (i)
through (viii) of paragraph (5)(A); and
(B) remains committed to protecting the
rights of all its citizens and respecting the terri-
torial integrity of its neighbors;
(8) that the United States, other NATO mem-
ber nations, and NATO itself should furnish appro-
priate assistance to facilitate the transition of other
European countries emerging from communist domi-
nation to full NATO membership at the appropriate
time;
(9) to reaffirm Article 10 of the North Atlantic
Treaty and the policy decision of the North Atlantic
Council on December 1, 1994, that—
(A) each new member nation may be ad-
mitted to NATO only by amendment to the
North Atlantic Treaty; and
(B) each current NATO member nation
will have to complete the treaty amendment
ratification process for the admission of each
new member nation to NATO, subject to the in-
ternal legal processes of each current NATO
member nation, and that in the case of the
United States, the treaty amendment ratifica-
tion process will require advice and consent of
two-thirds of the members of the United States
Senate present and voting;
(10) that the expansion of NATO should be de-
fensive in nature and should occur in a manner that
increases stability for all nations of Europe, includ-
ing both NATO member nations and non-NATO
member nations, including Russia; and
(11) that NATO and its member nations should
work to strengthen other structures of security in
Europe.
SEC. 604. REVISIONS TO PROGRAM TO FACILITATE TRANSI-
TION TO NATO MEMBERSHIP.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—Subsection (a)
of section 203 of the NATO Participation Act of 1994
(title II of Public Law 103–447; 22 U.S.C. 1928 note)
is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The President
shall establish a program to assist in the transition to full
NATO membership of Poland, Hungary, the Czech Re-
public, and Slovakia and any other European country
emerging from communist domination that is designated
by the President under subsection (d)(2).’’.
(b) ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES.—
(1) DESIGNATED COUNTRIES.—Subsection (d)
of such section is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(d) DESIGNATION OF ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES.—
‘‘(1) SPECIFIED
COUNTRIES.—The following
countries are hereby designated for purposes of this
title: Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slo-
vakia.
‘‘(2) AUTHORITY
FOR
PRESIDENT
TO
DES-
IGNATE
OTHER
EUROPEAN
COUNTRIES
EMERGING
FROM
COMMUNIST
DOMINATION.—The President
may designate other European countries emerging
from communist domination (as defined in section
206) to receive assistance under the program estab-
lished under subsection (a). The President may
make such a designation in the case of any such
country only if the President determines, and re-
ports to the designated congressional committees,
that such country—
‘‘(A) has made significant progress toward
establishing—
‘‘(i) shared values and interests;
‘‘(ii) democratic governments;
‘‘(iii) free market economies;
‘‘(iv) civilian control of the military, of
the police, and of the intelligence and other
security services, so that these organiza-
tions do not pose a threat to democratic
institutions, neighboring countries, or the
security of NATO or the United States;
‘‘(v) adherence to the rule of law and
to the values, principles, and political com-
mitments set forth in the Helsinki Final
Act and other declarations by the members
of the Organization on Security and Co-
operation in Europe;
‘‘(vi) commitment to further the prin-
ciples of NATO and to contribute to the
security of the North Atlantic area;
‘‘(vii) commitment and ability to ac-
cept the obligations, responsibilities, and
costs of NATO membership; and
‘‘(viii) commitment and ability to im-
plement infrastructure development activi-
ties that will facilitate participation in and
support for NATO military activities; and
‘‘(B) is likely, within five years of such de-
termination, to be in a position to further the
principles of the North Atlantic Treaty and to
contribute to the security of the North Atlantic
area.’’.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(A) Subsections (b) and (c) of such section
are amended by striking ‘‘countries described in
such subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘countries des-
ignated under subsection (d)’’.
(B) Subsection (e) of such section is
amended—
(i) by striking ‘‘subsection (d)’’ and
inserting ‘‘subsection (d)(2)’’; and
(ii) by inserting ‘‘(22 U.S.C. 2394)’’
before the period at the end.
(C) Section 204(c) of such Act is amended
by striking ‘‘any other Partnership for Peace
country designated under section 203(d) of this
title’’ and inserting ‘‘any country designated
under section 203(d)(2)’’.
(c) TYPES OF ASSISTANCE.—
(1) ECONOMIC
SUPPORT
ASSISTANCE.—Sub-
section (c) of section 203 of such Act is amended—
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and
(4) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and
(B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the
following new paragraph (3):
‘‘(3) Assistance under chapter 4 of part II of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (relating to the
Economic Support Fund).’’.
(2) ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (f) of such
section is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(f) ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE.—In carrying out the
program established under subsection (a), the President
may, in addition to the security assistance authorized to
be provided under subsection (c), provide assistance to
countries designated under subsection (d) from funds ap-
propriated under the ‘Nonproliferation and Disarmament
Fund’ account.’’.
(B) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—The amendment
made by subparagraph (A) does not apply with
respect to funds appropriated before the date of
the enactment of this Act.
(d) DISQUALIFICATION FROM ASSISTANCE FOR SUP-
PORT OF TERRORISM.—Section 203 of such Act is further
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(g) PROHIBITION ON PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO
COUNTRIES THAT PROVIDE DEFENSE ARTICLES
TO
COUNTRIES SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM.—
The President may not provide assistance to a country
(3) in paragraphs (1) and (2), by striking ‘‘and
other’’ and all that follows through the period at the
end and inserting ‘‘and any country designated by
the President pursuant to section 203(d)(2).’’.
(g) DEFINITIONS.—The NATO Participation Act of
1994 (title II of Public Law 103–447; 22 U.S.C. 1928
note) is amended by adding at the end the following new
section:
‘‘SEC. 206. DEFINITIONS.
‘‘For purposes of this title:
‘‘(1) NATO.—The term ‘NATO’ means the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
‘‘(2) OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES EMERGING
FROM COMMUNIST DOMINATION.—The term ‘other
European countries emerging from communist domi-
nation’ means any full and active participant in the
Partnership for Peace that—
‘‘(A) is among the following countries: Es-
tonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Bulgaria, or
Albania; or
‘‘(B) is among certain countries that were
a part of the former Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics or that were part of the former So-
cialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, which
the President may designate pursuant to sec-
tion 203(d)(2) of this Act.
‘‘(3) DESIGNATED
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘designated congressional commit-
tees’ means—
‘‘(A) the Committee on International Rela-
tions, the Committee on National Security, and
the Committee on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives; and
‘‘(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations,
the Committee on Armed Services, and the
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.’’.
TITLE VII—BUDGET FIREWALLS
SEC. 701. RESTORATION OF BUDGET FIREWALLS FOR DE-
FENSE SPENDING.
It is the sense of the Congress that, in order to pro-
tect against the diversion of defense funding to domestic
discretionary accounts, so-called ‘‘budget firewalls’’ be-
tween defense and domestic discretionary spending should
be established for each of fiscal years 1996, 1997, and
1998.
Passed the House of Representatives February 16,
1995.
Attest:
Clerk.
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 7
AN ACT
To revitalize the national security of the United
States.