To improve a provision relating to a report on progress on a multi-year strategy and plan for the Baltic Security Initiative.

SA 273. Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mr. Durbin) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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 1237 and insert the following:

SEC. 1237. REPORT ON PROGRESS ON MULTI-YEAR STRATEGY AND PLAN
FOR THE BALTIC SECURITY INITIATIVE.

(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in
consultation with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the
congressional defense committees a report on the progress
made in the implementation of the multi-year strategy and
spending plan set forth in the June 2021 report of the
Department of Defense entitled ``Report to Congress on the
Baltic Security Initiative''.
(b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall
include the following:
(1) An identification of any significant change to the
goals, objectives, and milestones identified in the June 2021
report described in subsection (a), in light of the radically
changed security environment in the Baltic region after the
full-scale invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation on
February 24, 2022, and with consideration to enhancing the
deterrence and defense posture of the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization in the Baltic region, including through the
implementation of the regional defense plans of the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization.
(2) An update on the Department of Defense funding
allocated for such strategy and spending plan for fiscal
years 2022 and 2023 and projected funding requirements for
fiscal years 2024, 2025, and 2026 for each goal identified in
such report.
(3) An update on the host country funding allocated and
planned for each such goal.
(4) An assessment of the progress made in the
implementation of the recommendations set forth in the fiscal
year 2020 Baltic Defense Assessment, and reaffirmed in the
June 2021 report described in subsection (a), that each
Baltic country should--
(A) increase its defense budget;
(B) focus on and budget for sustainment of capabilities in
defense planning; and
(C) consider combined units for expensive capabilities such
as air defense, rocket artillery, and engineer assets.
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