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the United States proceeds with efforts to develop
defenses against ballistic missile attack, it should
seek to foster a climate of cooperation with Russia
on matters related to missile defense. In particular,
the United States and its NATO allies should seek
to cooperate with Russia in such areas as early
warning and technical aspects of ballistic missile de-
fense.
(B) Even as the Congress seeks to promote bal-
listic missile defense cooperation with Russia, it
must insist on its constitutional prerogatives regard-
ing consideration of arms control agreements with
Russia that bear on ballistic missile defense.
SEC. 3203. AUTHORITIES RELATING TO NATO ENLARGE-
MENT.
(a) POLICY OF SECTION.—This section is enacted in
order to implement the policy set forth in section 2(1).
(b) DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL COUNTRIES ELI-
GIBLE FOR NATO ENLARGEMENT ASSISTANCE.—
(1) 
DESIGNATION
OF
ADDITIONAL
COUN-
TRIES.—Effective 180 days after the date of the en-
actment of this Act, Romania, Estonia, Latvia, and
Lithuania are each designated as eligible to receive
assistance under the program established under sec-
tion 203(a) of the NATO Participation Act of 1994
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and shall be deemed to have been so designated pur-
suant to section 203(d)(1) of such Act, except that
any such country shall not be so designated if, prior
to such effective date, the President certifies to the
Committee on International Relations of the House
of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign
Relations of the Senate that the country fails to
meet the criteria under section 203(d)(3) of the
NATO Participation Act of 1994.
(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The designation
of countries pursuant to paragraph (1) as eligible to
receive assistance under the program established
under section 203(a) of the NATO Participation Act
of 1994—
(A) is in addition to the designation of
other countries by law or pursuant to section
203(d)(2) of such Act as eligible to receive as-
sistance under the program established under
section 203(a) of such Act; and
(B) shall not preclude the designation by
the President of other emerging democracies in
Central and Eastern Europe pursuant to sec-
tion 203(d)(2) of such Act as eligible to receive
assistance under the program established under
section 203(a) of such Act.
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(3) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense
of the Congress that Romania, Estonia, Latvia, and
Lithuania—
(A) are to be commended for their
progress toward political and economic reform
and meeting the guidelines for prospective
NATO members;
(B) would make an outstanding contribu-
tion to furthering the goals of NATO and en-
hancing stability, freedom, and peace in Europe
should they become NATO members; and
(C) upon complete satisfaction of all rel-
evant criteria should be invited to become full
NATO members at the earliest possible date.
(c) REGIONAL AIRSPACE INITIATIVE AND PARTNER-
SHIP
FOR
PEACE INFORMATION
MANAGEMENT
SYS-
TEM.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Funds described in para-
graph (2) are authorized to be made available to
support the implementation of the Regional Airspace
Initiative and the Partnership for Peace Information
Management System, including—
(A) the procurement of items in support of
these programs; and
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(B) the transfer of such items to countries
participating in these programs.
(2) FUNDS
DESCRIBED.—Funds described in
this paragraph are funds that are available—
(A) during any fiscal year under the
NATO Participation Act of 1994 with respect
to countries eligible for assistance under that
Act; or
(B) during fiscal year 1998 under any Act
to carry out the Warsaw Initiative.
(d) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY REGARDING EXCESS
DEFENSE ARTICLES.—Section 105 of Public Law 104-
164 (110 Stat. 1427) is amended by striking ‘‘1996 and
1997’’ and inserting ‘‘1997, 1998, and 1999’’.
(e) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO THE NATO PAR-
TICIPATION ACT OF 1994.—Section 203(c) of the NATO
Participation Act of 1994 is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘, without re-
gard to the restrictions’’ and all that follows and in-
serting a period;
(2) by striking paragraph (2);
(3) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘appropriated
under the ‘Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund’
account’’ and inserting ‘‘made available for the
‘Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund’ ’’;
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(4) in paragraph (8)—
(A) by striking ‘‘any restrictions in sec-
tions 516 and 519’’ and inserting ‘‘section
516(e)’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘as amended,’’; and
(C) by striking ‘‘paragraphs (1) and (2)’’
and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)’’; and
(5) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through
(8) as paragraphs (2) through (7), respectively.
SEC. 3204. AUTHORITIES RELATING TO THE TREATY ON
CONVENTIONAL ARMED FORCES IN EUROPE.
(a) POLICY OF SECTION.—This section is enacted in
order to implement the policy set forth in section 2(2).
(b) AUTHORITY TO APPROVE
THE CFE FLANK
AGREEMENT.—The President is authorized to approve on
behalf of the United States the Document Agreed Among
States Parties to the Treaty on Conventional Armed
Forces in Europe of November 19, 1990, adopted in Vi-
enna, Austria on May 31, 1996, concerning the resolution
of issues related to the Conventional Armed Forces in Eu-
rope (CFE) Treaty flank zone.
(c) SENSE OF CONGRESS WITH RESPECT TO CFE
ADAPTATION.—It is the sense of Congress that any revi-
sions to the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Eu-
rope that may be agreed in the ongoing CFE adaptation