S.Amdt. 3720

SA 3720. 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) 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 10 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 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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