H. R. 3167
One Hundred Seventh Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the twenty-third day of January, two thousand and two
An Act
To endorse 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 for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Gerald B. H. Solomon Freedom
Consolidation Act of 2002’’.
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 accord-
ance 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), Congress called for the
prompt admission of Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic,
and Slovenia to NATO, and declared 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 emerging democ-
racies 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’’.
(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 criteria 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 Republic were invited
to join the Alliance in the first round of NATO enlargement,
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and the NATO heads of state and government issued a declara-
tion 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 Euro-
pean democratic country whose admission would fulfill the
objectives of the [North Atlantic] Treaty will be excluded from
consideration’’.
(5) At the Washington Summit of the NATO Alliance 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 consideration, 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 foreign ministers
of Albania, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, the Former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Slovakia, and Slo-
venia 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 countries 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 democ-
racies, 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 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 country outside
NATO will have a veto . . . [a] gray zone of insecurity must
not reemerge in Europe’’.
SEC. 3. DECLARATIONS OF POLICY.
Congress—
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(1) reaffirms its previous expressions of support for contin-
ued enlargement of the NATO Alliance contained 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 enlargement of
the NATO Alliance expressed by the Alliance in its Madrid
Declaration of 1997 and its Washington 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 ASSISTANCE 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 Slovakia
pursuant to subsection (a) as eligible to receive assistance under
the program established under section 203(a) of the NATO Partici-
pation 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 division A of Public Law 104–208;
22 U.S.C. 1928 note) and the designation of Romania, Estonia,
Latvia, 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 sec-
tion 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 receive 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 FINANCING.—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;
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(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 section 515
of the Security Assistance Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–280) is
amended by striking paragraphs (1), (5), (6), (7), and (8) and redesig-
nating paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (9) as paragraphs (1) through
(4), respectively.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.