NATO Freedom Consolidation Act of 2007
PL 110-17 (S.494), enacted 04/09/2007

121 STAT. 73 
PUBLIC LAW 110–17—APR. 9, 2007 
Public Law 110–17 
110th Congress 
An Act 
To endorse further enlargement of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) 
and to facilitate the timely admission of new members to NATO, 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 ‘‘NATO Freedom Consolidation 
Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) The sustained commitment of the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization (NATO) to mutual defense has made possible 
the democratic transformation of Central and Eastern Europe. 
Members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization can and 
should play a critical role in addressing the security challenges 
of the post-Cold War era in creating the stable environment 
needed for those emerging democracies in Europe. 
(2) Lasting stability and security in Europe requires the 
military, economic, and political integration of emerging democ-
racies into existing European structures. 
(3) In an era of threats from terrorism and the proliferation 
of weapons of mass destruction, the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization is increasingly contributing to security in the 
face of global security challenges for the protection and interests 
of its member states. 
(4) 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 . . .’’. 
(5) 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 the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and 
declared that ‘‘in order to promote economic stability and secu-
rity 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 consideration of admitting 
22 USC 1928 
note. 
NATO Freedom 
Consolidation Act 
of 2007. 
22 USC 1928 
note. 
Apr. 9, 2007 
[S. 494] 
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Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slovenia as full 
members of the NATO Alliance’’. 
(6) 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’’. 
(7) In the Gerald B. H. Solomon Freedom Consolidation 
Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–187; 22 U.S.C. 1928 note), Con-
gress endorsed ‘‘. . . 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’’. 
(8) At the Madrid Summit of the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization in July 1997, Poland, Hungary, and the Czech 
Republic were invited to join the Alliance, and the North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization 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 assume the responsibilities and obligations of membership 
. . . [n]o European democratic country whose admission would 
fulfill the objectives of the [North Atlantic] Treaty will be 
excluded from consideration’’. 
(9) At the Washington Summit of the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization in April 1999, the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-
tion 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 loca-
tion . . .’’. 
(10) In May 2000 in Vilnius, Lithuania, the foreign min-
isters of Albania, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, the 
Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), Romania, Slovakia, and Slo-
venia issued a statement (later joined by Croatia) declaring 
that— 
(A) their countries will cooperate in jointly seeking 
membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
in the next round of enlargement of the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization; 
(B) the realization of membership in the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization by one or more of these countries 
would be a success for all; and 
(C) eventual membership in the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization for all of these countries would be a success 
for Europe and for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. 
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(11) 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’’. 
(12) 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’’. 
(13) At the Prague Summit of the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization in November 2002, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, 
Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia were invited to 
join the Alliance in the second round of enlargement of the 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization since the end of the Cold 
War, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization heads of 
state and government issued a declaration stating ‘‘NATO’s 
door will remain open to European democracies willing and 
able to assume the responsibilities and obligations of member-
ship, in accordance with Article 10 of the Washington Treaty’’. 
(14) On May 8, 2003, the United States Senate unani-
mously approved the Resolution of Ratification to Accompany 
Treaty Document No. 108–4, Protocols to the North Atlantic 
Treaty of 1949 on Accession of Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lith-
uania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia, inviting Bulgaria, 
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia 
to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. 
(15) At the Istanbul Summit of the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization in June 2004, the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-
tion heads of state and government issued a communique
´ 
reaffirming that NATO’s door remains open to new members, 
declaring ‘‘[w]e celebrate the success of NATO’s Open Door 
Policy, and reaffirm tody that our seven new members will 
not be the last. The door to membership remains open. We 
welcome the progress made by Albania, Croatia, and the former 
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (1) in implementing their 
Annual National Programmes under the Membership Action 
Plan, and encourage them to continue pursuing the reforms 
necessary to progress toward NATO membership. We also com-
mend their contribution to regional stability and cooperation. 
We want all three countries to succeed and will continue to 
assist them in their reform efforts. NATO will continue to 
assess each country’s candidacy individually, based on the 
progress made towards reform goals pursued through the Mem-
bership Action Plan, which will remain the vehicle to keep 
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the readiness of each aspirant for membership under review. 
We direct that NATO Foreign Ministers keep the enlargement 
process, including the implementation of the Membership 
Action Plan, under continual review and report to us. We 
will review at the next Summit progress by aspirants towards 
membership based on that report’’. 
(16) Georgia and Ukraine have stated their desire to join 
the Euro-Atlantic community, and in particular, are seeking 
to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Georgia and 
Ukraine are working closely with the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization and its members to meet criteria for eventual 
membership in NATO. 
(17) At a press conference with President Mikhail 
Saakashvili of Georgia in Washington, D.C. on July 5, 2006, 
President George W. Bush stated that ‘‘. . . I believe that 
NATO would benefit with Georgia being a member of NATO, 
and I think Georgia would benefit. And there’s a way forward 
through the Membership Action Plan . . . And I’m a believer 
in the expansion of NATO. I think it’s in the world’s interest 
that we expand NATO’’. 
(18) Following a meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers in 
New York on September 21, 2006, NATO Secretary General 
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer announced the launching of an Intensi-
fied Dialogue on membership between the Alliance and Georgia. 
(19) At the NATO-Ukraine Commission Summit in Brussels 
in February 2005, President of Ukraine Victor Yushchenko 
declared membership in NATO as the ultimate goal of Ukraine’s 
cooperation with the Alliance and expressed Ukraine’s desire 
to conclude a Membership Action Plan. 
(20) At the NATO-Ukraine Commission Foreign Ministerial 
meeting in Vilnius in April 2005, NATO and Ukraine launched 
an Intensified Dialogue on the potential membership of Ukraine 
in NATO. 
(21) At the Riga Summit of the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization in November 2006, the Heads of State and 
Government of the member countries of NATO issued a declara-
tion reaffirming that NATO’s door remains open to new mem-
bers, declaring that ‘‘all European democratic countries may 
be considered for MAP (Membership Action Plan) or admission, 
subject to decision by the NAC (North Atlantic Council) at 
each stage, based on the performance of these countries towards 
meeting the objectives of the North Atlantic Treaty. We direct 
that NATO Foreign Ministers keep that process under continual 
review and report to us. We welcome the efforts of Albania, 
Croatia, and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to 
prepare themselves for the responsibilities and obligations of 
membership. We reaffirm that the Alliance will continue with 
Georgia and Ukraine its Intensified Dialogues which cover the 
full range of political, military, financial and security issues 
relating to those countries’ aspirations to membership, without 
prejudice to any eventual Alliance decision. We reaffirm the 
importance of the NATO-Ukraine Distinctive Partnership, 
which has its 10th anniversary next year and welcome the 
progress that has been made in the framework of our Intensified 
Dialogue. We appreciate Ukraine’s substantial contributions 
to our common security, including through participation in 
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NATO-led operations and efforts to promote regional coopera-
tion. We encourage Ukraine to continue to contribute to regional 
security. We are determined to continue to assist, through 
practical cooperation, in the implementation of far-reaching 
reform efforts, notably in the fields of national security, defence, 
reform of the defence-industrial sector and fighting corruption. 
We welcome the commencement of an Intensified Dialogue 
with Georgia as well as Georgia’s contribution to international 
peacekeeping and security operations. We will continue to 
engage actively with Georgia in support of its reform process. 
We encourage Georgia to continue progress on political, eco-
nomic and military reforms, including strengthening judicial 
reform, as well as the peaceful resolution of outstanding con-
flicts on its territory. We reaffirm that it is of great importance 
that all parties in the region should engage constructively to 
promote regional peace and stability.’’. 
(22) Contingent upon their continued implementation of 
democratic, defense, and economic reform, and their willingness 
and ability to meet the responsibilities of membership in the 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization and a clear expression of 
national intent to do so, Congress calls for the timely admission 
of Albania, Croatia, Georgia, Macedonia (FYROM), and Ukraine 
to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to promote security 
and stability in Europe. 
SEC. 3. DECLARATIONS OF POLICY. 
Congress— 
(1) reaffirms its previous expressions of support for contin-
ued enlargement of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
contained in the NATO Participation Act of 1994, the NATO 
Enlargement Facilitation Act of 1996, the European Security 
Act of 1998, and the Gerald B. H. Solomon Freedom Consolida-
tion Act of 2002; 
(2) supports the commitment to further enlargement of 
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to include European 
democracies that are able and willing to meet the responsibil-
ities of Membership, as expressed by the Alliance in its Madrid 
Summit 
Declaration 
of 
1997, 
its 
Washington 
Summit 
Communique
´ of 1999, its Prague Summit Declaration of 2002, 
its Istanbul Summit Communique
´ of 2004, and its Riga Summit 
Declaration of 2006; and 
(3) endorses the vision of further enlargement of the North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization articulated by President George 
W. Bush on June 15, 2001, and by former President William 
J. Clinton on October 22, 1996, and urges our allies in the 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization to work with the United 
States to realize a role for the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-
tion in promoting global security, including continued support 
for enlargement to include qualified candidate states, specifi-
cally by entering into a Membership Action Plan with Georgia 
and recognizing the progress toward meeting the responsibil-
ities and obligations of NATO membership by Albania, Croatia, 
Georgia, Macedonia (FYROM), and Ukraine. 
SEC. 4. DESIGNATION OF ALBANIA, CROATIA, GEORGIA, MACEDONIA 
(FYROM), AND UKRAINE AS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE ASSIST-
ANCE UNDER THE NATO PARTICIPATION ACT OF 1994. 
(a) DESIGNATION.— 
22 USC 1928 
note. 
22 USC 1928 
note. 
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(1) ALBANIA.—The Republic of Albania 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. 
(2) CROATIA.—The Republic of Croatia is designated as 
eligible to receive assistance under the program established 
under section 203(a) of the NATO Participation Act of 1994, 
and shall be deemed to have been so designated pursuant 
to section 203(d)(1) of such Act. 
(3) GEORGIA.—Georgia is designated as eligible to receive 
assistance under the program established under section 203(a) 
of the NATO Participation Act of 1994, and shall be deemed 
to have been so designated pursuant to section 203(d)(1) of 
such Act. 
(4) MACEDONIA
(FYROM).—The Republic of Macedonia 
(FYROM) is designated as eligible to receive assistance under 
the program established under section 203(a) of the NATO 
Participation Act of 1994, and shall be deemed to have been 
so designated pursuant to section 203(d)(1) of such Act. 
(5) UKRAINE.—Ukraine is designated as eligible to receive 
assistance under the program established under section 203(a) 
of the NATO Participation Act of 1994, 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 the Republic 
of Albania, the Republic of Croatia, Georgia, the Republic of Mac-
edonia (FYROM), and Ukraine 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 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), 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), and the designa-
tion of Slovakia pursuant to section 4(a) of the Gerald B. 
H. Solomon Freedom Consolidation Act of 2002 (Public Law 
107–187; 22 U.S.C. 1928 note) as eligible to receive assistance 
under the program established under section 203(a) of the 
NATO Participation Act of 1994; and 
(2) shall not preclude the designation by the President 
of other countries 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. 
Of the amounts made available for fiscal year 2008 under 
section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763) such 
sums as may be necessary are authorized to be appropriated for 
Appropriation 
authorization. 
22 USC 1928 
note. 
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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 494 (H.R. 987): 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 110–34 (Comm. on Foreign Relations). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 153 (2007): 
Mar. 15, considered and passed Senate. 
Mar. 26, considered and passed House. 
assistance to the Republic of Albania, the Republic of Croatia, 
Georgia, the Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), and Ukraine. 
Approved April 9, 2007. 
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