Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 116 Part 1.djvu/618

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116 STAT. 592 PUBLIC LAW 107-187-^JUNE 10, 2002 (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. 22 USC 1928 SEC. 4. DESIGNATION OF SLOVAKIA TO RECEIVE ASSISTANCE UNDER note. THE NATO PARTICIPATION ACT OF 1994. (a) IN GENERAL.—Slovakia is designated as eligible to receive assistance under the progrsun 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 Centred 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. 22 USC 1928 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF SECURITY ASSISTANCE FOR COUNTRIES note. 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;