text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``Freedom Consolidation Act of 2001''.
  
  SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
  
      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 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 
          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 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 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 consideration 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 
          relevant criteria should be invited to become full NATO members 
          at the earliest possible date''.
              (4) At the Madrid Summit of the NATO Alliance 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 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 VII 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.C. 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 Lithuania;
              (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) 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.
target: Freedom Consolidation Act of 2001 - Reaffirms support for continued enlargement of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Alliance.Designates Slovakia for participation in the Partnership for Peace and eligible to receive certain security assistance under the NATO Participation Act of 1994.Authorizes specified amounts of security assistance for FY 2002 for Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, and Romania.
feat_title: 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.