[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4139 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4139

 To require the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary 
 of Defense, to submit a report on emerging threats posed to Estonia, 
             Latvia, and Lithuania, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 18, 2026

 Mr. Durbin (for himself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Boozman, Mr. 
 Bennet, Ms. Collins, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Welch, Mr. Van 
     Hollen, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Fetterman, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Schatz, Ms. 
Klobuchar, Mr. Merkley, and Mr. Booker) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary 
 of Defense, to submit a report on emerging threats posed to Estonia, 
             Latvia, and Lithuania, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Baltic Security Assessment Act of 
2026''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) supporting and strengthening the security of Estonia, 
        Latvia, and Lithuania (referred to in this section as the 
        ``Baltic countries'') is in the national security interests of 
        the United States;
            (2) continuing to strengthen and update the security 
        cooperation roadmap for the United States and the Baltic 
        countries is critical to achieving strategic security 
        priorities as the Baltic countries face ongoing belligerence 
        and threats from the Russian Federation, including amid the 
        Russian Federation's illegal and unprovoked war in Ukraine that 
        began on February 24, 2022;
            (3) the Baltic countries have been valued members of the 
        North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and continue to 
        contribute to NATO's collective security and partnership; and
            (4) improved economic ties between the United States and 
        the Baltic countries, including to counter economic pressure by 
        the People's Republic of China, offer an opportunity to 
        strengthen the United States-Baltic strategic partnership.

SEC. 3. REPORT ON EMERGING THREATS TO THE BALTIC COUNTRIES.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the 
Secretary of Defense, shall submit to the appropriate committees of 
Congress a report on--
            (1) emerging military, cyber, hybrid, and political threats 
        to the Baltic countries;
            (2) the roles of the Russian Federation, the Republic of 
        Belarus, the People's Republic of China, the Islamic Republic 
        of Iran, and other malign actors in advancing such threats;
            (3) the current posture and presence of United States and 
        NATO forces in the Baltic region for the purpose of deterring 
        such threats;
            (4) recommendations for strengthening the deterrence 
        posture, cybersecurity infrastructure, and democratic 
        resilience of the Baltic countries; and
            (5) opportunities to enhance bilateral and multilateral 
        defense cooperation between the United States and the Baltic 
        countries, including through the Baltic Security Initiative 
        established under section 1247 of the National Defense 
        Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119-60).
    (b) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted 
in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex.
    (c) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this section, 
the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
            (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on 
        Armed Services, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
        Senate; and
            (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 
        Armed Services, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
        House of Representatives.
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