S.Amdt. 3940

SA 3940. Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Grassley, and Mrs. Feinstein)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867
submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R.
4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 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 1236 and insert the following:

SEC. 1236. SENSE OF SENATE ON CONTINUING SUPPORT FOR ESTONIA,
LATVIA, AND LITHUANIA.

It is the sense of the Senate that--
(1) the security of the Baltic region is crucial to the
security of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance,
and the United States should continue to prioritize support
for efforts by the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and
Lithuania to build and invest in critical security areas, as
such efforts are important to achieving United States
national security objectives, including deterring Russian
aggression and bolstering the security of North Atlantic
Treaty Organization allies;
(2) robust support to accomplish United States strategic
objectives, including by providing assistance to the Baltic
countries through security cooperation referred to as the
Baltic Security Initiative pursuant to sections 332 and 333
of title 10, United States Code, should be prioritized in the
years to come;
(3) Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania play a crucial role in
strategic efforts--
(A) to deter the Russian Federation; and
(B) to maintain the collective security of the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance;
(4) the United States should continue to pursue efforts
consistent with the comprehensive, multilateral assessment of
the military requirements of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania
provided to Congress in December 2020;
(5) the Baltic security cooperation roadmap has proven to
be a successful model to enhance intraregional Baltic
planning and cooperation, particularly with respect to
longer-term regional capability projects, including--
(A) integrated air defense;
(B) maritime domain awareness;
(C) command, control, communications, computers,
intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance; and
(D) Special Operations Forces development;
(6) Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania are to be commended for
their efforts to pursue joint procurement of select defense
capabilities and should explore additional areas for joint
collaboration; and
(7) the Department of Defense should--
(A) continue robust, comprehensive investment in Baltic
security efforts consistent with the assessment described in
paragraph (4);
(B) continue efforts to enhance interoperability among
Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania and in support of North
Atlantic Treaty Organization efforts;
(C) encourage infrastructure and other host-country support
improvements that will enhance United States and allied
military mobility across the region;
(D) invest in efforts to improve resilience to hybrid
threats and cyber defenses in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania;
and
(E) support planning and budgeting efforts of Estonia,
Latvia, and Lithuania that are regionally synchronized.

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