(viii) commitment and ability to im-
plement infrastructure development activi-
ties that will facilitate participation in and
support for NATO military activities; and
(B) remain committed to protecting the
rights of all their citizens and respecting the
territorial integrity of their neighbors;
(6) that the United States, other NATO mem-
ber nations, and NATO itself should furnish appro-
priate assistance to facilitate the transition of Po-
land, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia to
full NATO membership;
(7) to reaffirm article X 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;
(8) 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;
(9) that NATO and its member nations should
cooperate closely with Russia on security issues and
work to strengthen other structures of security co-
operation in Europe, including the Organization on
Security and Cooperation in Europe; and
(10) that other European countries emerging
from communist domination may be in a position at
a future date to further the principles of the North
Atlantic Treaty and to contribute to the security of
the North Atlantic area, and at the appropriate time
they should receive assistance to facilitate their tran-
sition to full NATO membership and should be in-
vited to become full NATO members.
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-