[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 114 (Wednesday, July 10, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S4370]
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SA 2122. Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mr. Durbin) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4638, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 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:
At the end of subtitle C of title XII, add the following:
SEC. 1239. MODIFICATION OF REQUIREMENTS FOR TRANSFERS OF
UNITED STATES DEFENSE ARTICLES AND DEFENSE
SERVICES AMONG BALTIC STATES.
(a) In General.--Any defense article or defense service
provided by the United States to a Baltic state may be
transferred by such Baltic state to any other Baltic state
without the approval of the United States as may be required
under any other provision of law.
(b) Common Coalition Key.--The Secretary of Defense shall
establish among the Baltic states a common coalition key
within the Baltic states for the purpose of sharing
ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems
(HIMARS) among the Baltic states for training and operational
purposes.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Baltic state.--The term ``Baltic state'' means the
following:
(A) Estonia.
(B) Lithuania.
(C) Latvia.
(2) Defense article; defense service.--The terms ``defense
article'' and ``defense service'' have the meanings given
such terms in section 47 of the Arms Export Control Act (22
U.S.C. 2794).
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