[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 130 (Tuesday, July 29, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S4839]
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  SA 3086. Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mr. Durbin) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2296, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2026 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. 12__. MODIFICATION OF REQUIREMENTS FOR TRANSFERS OF 
                   UNITED STATES DEFENSE ARTICLES AND DEFENSE 
                   SERVICES AMONG BALTIC STATES.

       (a) Exemptions From Requirement for Consent To Transfer.--
       (1) Arms export control act.--Section 3(a)(2) of the Arms 
     Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2753(a)(2)) is amended by 
     inserting ``except in the case of Estonia, Lithuania, or 
     Latvia,'' before ``the country''.
       (2) Foreign assistance act.--Section 505(a)(1) of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2314(a)(1)) is 
     amended by inserting ``except in the case of Estonia, 
     Lithuania, or Latvia,'' before ``it will not,''.
       (3) Agreements.--
       (A) Consent to transfer not required.--An agreement between 
     the United States and a Baltic State under section 3 of the 
     Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2753(a)) with respect to 
     defense articles or defense services provided by the United 
     States shall not require the Baltic state to seek approval 
     from the United States to transfer the defense article or 
     defense service to any other Baltic State.
       (B) Modification.--With respect to any agreement under 
     section 3(a)(2) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
     2753(a)(2)) in effect as of the date of the enactment of this 
     Act that requires the consent of the President before a 
     Baltic state may transfer a defense article or defense 
     service provided by the United States, at the request of any 
     Baltic state, the United States shall modify such agreement 
     so as to remove such requirement with respect to such a 
     transfer to any other Baltic state.
       (b) Common Coalition Key.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
     establish among the Baltic states a common coalition key or 
     other technological solution 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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