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 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". (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 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 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 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 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 (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 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 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) 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 section 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.Č. 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 Lit1 (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; (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) 2 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 redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (9) as paragraphs (1) through (4), respectively. 2 For amended text, see page 458. (3) Security Assistance Act of 2000 Partial text of Public Law 106-280 [H.R. 4919], 114 Stat. 845, approved Octo ber 6, 2000; amended by Public Law 107–187 [Gerald B.H. Solomon Freedom Consolidation Act of 2002; H.R. 3167], 116 Stat. 590, approved June 10, 2002; and by Public Law 107-228 [Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003; H.R. 1646], 116 Stat. 1350, approved September 30, 2002 AN ACT To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms Export Control Act to make improvements to certain defense and security assistance provisions under those Acts, to authorize the transfer of naval vessels to certain foreign countries, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1.1 SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) SHORT TITLE.-This Act may be cited as the "Security Assistance Act of 2000”. (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.-The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations Sec. 102. Requirements relating to country exemptions for licensing of defense items for export to foreign countries 449 450 Sec. 122. Increased authority for the transport of excess defense articles Subtitle B-Stockpiling of Defense Articles for Foreign Countries ......... Sec. 121. Defense drawdown special authorities 450 450 Subtitle C-Other Assistance 451 451 TITLE II-INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING Sec. 202. Additional requirements Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations 451 451 Sec. 304. Trial transit program Sec. 302. Nonproliferation and export control training in the United States TITLE III-NONPROLIFERATION AND EXPORT CONTROL ASSISTANCE Sec. 301. Nonproliferation and export control assistance 452 452 452 Sec. 305. Exception to authority to conduct inspections under the Chemical 452 453 122 U.S.C. 2151 note. See also Security Assistance Act of 2002 (division B of Public Law 107228; 116 Stat. 1425), in Legislation on Foreign Relations Through 2004, vol. I-A. TITLE IV-ANTITERRORISM ASSISTANCE Sec. 401. Authorization of appropriations 453 TITLE V-INTEGRATED SECURITY ASSISTANCE PLANNING Subtitle A-Establishment of a National Security Assistance Strategy Sec. 501. National Security Assistance Strategy 453 Subtitle B-Allocations for Certain Countries Sec. 511. Security assistance for new NATO members 454 Sec. 512. Increased training assistance for Greece and Turkey Sec. 601. Authority to transfer naval vessels to certain foreign countries 459 Sec. 602. Inapplicability of aggregate annual limitation on value of transferred excess defense articles 459 Sec. 603. Costs of transfers 459 Sec. 604. Conditions relating to combined lease-sale transfers 459 Sec. 605. Funding of certain costs of transfers 460 Sec. 606. Repair and refurbishment in United States shipyards 460 Sec. 607. Sense of the Congress regarding transfer of naval vessels on a grant basis 460 460 Sec. 608. Expiration of authority TITLE VII-MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Sec. 701. Utilization of defense articles and defense services 461 Sec. 702. Annual military assistance report Sec. 704. MTCR report transmittals Sec. 703. Report on government-to-government arms sales end-use monitoring program 461 461 461 Sec. 705. Stinger missiles in the Persian Gulf region 461 Sec. 706. Sense of the Congress regarding excess defense articles Sec. 709. Sense of the Congress relating to military equipment for the Philippines Sec. 710. Waiver of certain costs SEC. 2.2 DEFINITION. 464 In this Act, the term "appropriate committees of Congress" means the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives. TITLE I-MILITARY AND RELATED ASSISTANCE Subtitle A-Foreign Military Sales and Financing Authorities SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. There are authorized to be appropriated for grant assistance under section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763) and for the subsidy cost, as defined in section 502(5) of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, of direct loans under such section $3,550,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 and $3,627,000,000 for fiscal year 2002. 222 U.S.C. 2305 note. |