[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1057 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1057

   To modify the requirements for transfers of United States defense 
         articles and defense services among the Baltic states.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 13, 2025

  Mr. Grassley (for himself and Mr. Durbin) introduced the following 
  bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign 
                               Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
   To modify the requirements for transfers of United States defense 
         articles and defense services among the Baltic states.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. MODIFICATION OF REQUIREMENTS FOR TRANSFERS OF UNITED STATES 
              DEFENSE ARTICLES AND DEFENSE SERVICES AMONG BALTIC 
              STATES.

    (a) In General.--Any defense article or defense service provided by 
the United States to a Baltic state may be transferred by such Baltic 
state to any other Baltic state without the approval of the United 
States as may be required under any other provision of law.
    (b) Common Coalition Key.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish 
among the Baltic states a common coalition key 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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