[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 119 (Wednesday, July 12, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2437]
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  SA 273. Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mr. Durbin) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       Strike section 1237 and insert the following:

     SEC. 1237. REPORT ON PROGRESS ON MULTI-YEAR STRATEGY AND PLAN 
                   FOR THE BALTIC SECURITY INITIATIVE.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the 
     congressional defense committees a report on the progress 
     made in the implementation of the multi-year strategy and 
     spending plan set forth in the June 2021 report of the 
     Department of Defense entitled ``Report to Congress on the 
     Baltic Security Initiative''.
       (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
     include the following:
       (1) An identification of any significant change to the 
     goals, objectives, and milestones identified in the June 2021 
     report described in subsection (a), in light of the radically 
     changed security environment in the Baltic region after the 
     full-scale invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation on 
     February 24, 2022, and with consideration to enhancing the 
     deterrence and defense posture of the North Atlantic Treaty 
     Organization in the Baltic region, including through the 
     implementation of the regional defense plans of the North 
     Atlantic Treaty Organization.
       (2) An update on the Department of Defense funding 
     allocated for such strategy and spending plan for fiscal 
     years 2022 and 2023 and projected funding requirements for 
     fiscal years 2024, 2025, and 2026 for each goal identified in 
     such report.
       (3) An update on the host country funding allocated and 
     planned for each such goal.
       (4) An assessment of the progress made in the 
     implementation of the recommendations set forth in the fiscal 
     year 2020 Baltic Defense Assessment, and reaffirmed in the 
     June 2021 report described in subsection (a), that each 
     Baltic country should--
       (A) increase its defense budget;
       (B) focus on and budget for sustainment of capabilities in 
     defense planning; and
       (C) consider combined units for expensive capabilities such 
     as air defense, rocket artillery, and engineer assets.
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