[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S3456]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6331. Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Bennet, Mr. 
Gallego, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Whitehouse, Ms. Rosen, Mr. 
Van Hollen, and Mr. Booker) submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2027 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. 1229A. BALTIC SECURITY ASSESSMENT.

       (a) 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.
       (b) Report on Emerging Threats to the Baltic Countries.--
       (1) 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--
       (A) emerging military, cyber, hybrid, and political threats 
     to the Baltic countries;
       (B) 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;
       (C) the current posture and presence of United States and 
     NATO forces in the Baltic region for the purpose of deterring 
     such threats;
       (D) recommendations for strengthening the deterrence 
     posture, cybersecurity infrastructure, and democratic 
     resilience of the Baltic countries; and
       (E) 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; 
     138 Stat. 1106; 10 U.S.C. 333 note).
       (2) Form.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified 
     annex.
       (3) Appropriate committees of congress defined.--In this 
     subsection, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
     means--
       (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on 
     Armed Services, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
     Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 
     Armed Services, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives.
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