[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 146 (Monday, September 8, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6431-S6432]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3823. Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mr. Durbin) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3748 proposed by Mr. 
Wicker (for himself and Mr. Reed) 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. 1230B. 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) Retransfers among baltic states.--
       (A) In general.--Notwithstanding the requirements of 
     section 3(a)(2) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 USC 
     2753(a)(2)) and Section 505(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961 (22 USAC 2314(a)(1)), retransfers of defense 
     articles related to United States-origin mobile rocket 
     artillery systems among Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia shall 
     not require prior Presidential consent.
       (B) Expiration.--The authority provided in subparagraph (A) 
     shall cease to have effect on the date that is 5 years after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act.
       (2) 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 related to mobile rocket 
     artillery systems 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 related to mobile rocket artillery systems 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 may 
     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:

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       (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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