PROTOCOLS TO THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY OF 1949 ON ACCESSION OF POLAND, HUNGARY, AND THE CZECH REPUBLIC (Senate

PROTOCOLS TO THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY OF 1949 ON ACCESSION OF POLAND, HUNGARY, AND THE CZECH REPUBLIC (Senate - March 19, 1998)

HARKIN AMENDMENTS NOS. 2050-2052 (Senate - March 19, 1998)

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(Ordered to lie on the table).

Mr. HARKIN submitted three amendments intended to be proposed by him to the resolution of ratification for the treaty (Treaty Doc. 105-36) protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on the accession of Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic. These protocols were opened for sigature at Brussels on December 16, 1997, and signed on behalf of the United States of America and other parties to the North Atlantic Treaty; as follows:

Amendment No. 2050

At the end of section 3(2)(A) of the resolution, insert the following:

As used in this subparagraph, the term `NATO common-funded budget' shall be deemed to include--

(A) Foreign Military Financing under the Arms Export Control Act;

(B) transfers of excess defense articles under section 516 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961;

(D) no-cost leases of United States equipment;

(E) the subsidy cost of loan guarantees and other contingent liabilities under subchapter VI of chapter 148 of title 10, United States Code; and

(F) international military education and training under chapter 5 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.

Amendment No. 2051

In section 3(2)(A), strike `and' at the end of clause (ii).
In section 3(2)(A), strike `(iii)' and insert `(iv)'.
In section 3(2)(A), insert after clause (ii) the following:

(iii) any future United States subsidy of the national expenses of Poland, Hungary, or the Czech Republic to meet its NATO commitments, including the assistance described in subparagraph (C), may not exceed 25 percent of all assistance provided to that country by all NATO members.
At the end of section 3(2), insert the following new subparagraph:

(i) Foreign Military Financing under the Arms Export Control Act;

(ii) transfers of excess defense articles under section 516 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961;

(iii) Emergency Drawdowns;

(iv) no-cost leases of United States equipment;

(v) the subsidy cost of loan guarantees and other contingent liabilities under subchapter VI of chapter 148 of title 10, United States Code; and

(vi) international military education and training under chapter 5 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.

Amendment No. 2052

At the end of section 3(2), add the following new subparagraph:

(C) Analysis of costs of continued nato enlargement: The Congressional Budget Office shall submit to the Senate a report containing an analysis of common-funded and national costs for the enlargement of NATO to include Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Romania, Bulgaria, Macedonia, and Albania. Such analysis shall include an estimate of costs for--

(i) the costs to new members to continue to restructure their militaries;

(ii) the costs of force improvements already being pursued by existing NATO members; and

(iii) the costs directly related to NATO enlargement, including ensuring interoperability between the forces of current and new members.

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