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Letter to the Honorable Richard G. Lugar: Cost Implications of Implementing the March 26, 2003, NATO Accession Protocols [i] (April 2003)

handle is hein.congrec/cbo9473 and id is 1 raw text is: April 28, 2003 Honorable Richard G. Lugar Chairman Committee on Foreign Relations United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 Dear Mr. Chairman: In response to your request, the Congressional Budget Office has prepared the attached report on the costs associated with ratifying the protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on the accession of Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Treaty Document 108-4). CBO estimates that integrating those seven countries into NATO would cost the 19 current NATO members about $2.7 billion dollars over the 2004-2013 period; the U.S. share of that amount would be about $650 million and would be subject to appropriation action. In addition, the seven prospective NATO members could incur significant costs to upgrade and modernize their militaries. The United States might help those countries in that process through the use of foreign military financing and other assistance. However, such assistance would be discretionary and would probably not be significantly larger than current levels of aid to those countries. CBO does not anticipate any direct spending to result from the ratification of the protocols. If you would like further information about this analysis, we would be pleased to provide it. The CBO staff contacts are Matthew Schmit (in the Budget Analysis Division), who can be reached at 226-2840, and Robie Samanta Roy (in the National Security Division), who can be reached at 226-2900. Sincerely, Douglas Holtz-Eakin Attachment cc: Honorable Joseph R. Biden Jr. Ranking Member

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