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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3167
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.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 24, 2001
Mr. BEREUTER (for himself, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. HASTERT, Mr. BONIOR, Mr.
ARMEY, Mr. HYDE, Mr. GILMAN, Mr. GOSS, Mr. COX, Mr. GALLEGLY,
Mr. MICA, and Mr. TANNER) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on International Relations
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 President William J.
Clinton on October 22, 1996, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘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 par-
ticipants in the Partnership for Peace in a position
to further the principles of the North Atlantic Trea-
ty and to contribute to the security of the North At-
lantic 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 divi-
sion 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 democracies in Central
and Eastern Europe should not be limited to consid-
eration 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 rel-
evant criteria should be invited to become full NATO
members at the earliest possible date’’.
(4) At the Madrid Summit of the NATO Alli-
ance in July 1997, Poland, Hungary, and the Czech
Republic 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 as-
sume the responsibilities and obligations of member-
ship . . . [n]o European democratic country whose
admission would fulfill the objectives of the [North
Atlantic] Treaty will be excluded from consider-
ation’’.
(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 ex-
cluded from consideration, regardless of its geo-
graphic 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 en-
largement, that the realization of NATO member-
ship 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 Eu-
rope 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
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 responsibil-
ities 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 De-
troit, 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
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 en-
largement 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 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
Slovakia pursuant to subsection (a) as eligible to receive
assistance 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 pursu-
ant to section 606 of the NATO Enlargement Facili-
tation 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, Esto-
nia, 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 as-
sistance under the program established under sec-
tion 203(a) of the NATO Participation Act of 1994;
and