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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1 |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 1057 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To modify the requirements for transfers of United States defense articles |
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| 6 | 6 | | and defense services among the Baltic states. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 8 | 8 | | MARCH13, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. G |
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| 10 | 10 | | RASSLEY(for himself and Mr. DURBIN) introduced the following bill; |
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| 11 | 11 | | which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To modify the requirements for transfers of United States |
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| 14 | 14 | | defense articles and defense services among the Baltic states. |
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| 15 | 15 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. MODIFICATION OF REQUIREMENTS FOR 3 |
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| 18 | 18 | | TRANSFERS OF UNITED STATES DEFENSE AR-4 |
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| 19 | 19 | | TICLES AND DEFENSE SERVICES AMONG BAL-5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | TIC STATES. 6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | (a) I |
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| 22 | 22 | | NGENERAL.—Any defense article or defense 7 |
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| 23 | 23 | | service provided by the United States to a Baltic state may 8 |
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| 24 | 24 | | be transferred by such Baltic state to any other Baltic 9 |
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| 27 | 27 | | •S 1057 IS |
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| 28 | 28 | | state without the approval of the United States as may 1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | be required under any other provision of law. 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (b) C |
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| 31 | 31 | | OMMONCOALITIONKEY.—The Secretary of De-3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | fense shall establish among the Baltic states a common 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | coalition key within the Baltic states for the purpose of 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | sharing ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Systems (HIMARS) among the Baltic states for training 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | and operational purposes. 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (c) D |
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| 38 | 38 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section: 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (1) B |
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| 40 | 40 | | ALTIC STATE.—The term ‘‘Baltic state’’ 10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | means the following: 11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (A) Estonia. 12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (B) Lithuania. 13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (C) Latvia. 14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (2) D |
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| 46 | 46 | | EFENSE ARTICLE; DEFENSE SERVICE.— 15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | The terms ‘‘defense article’’ and ‘‘defense service’’ 16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | have the meanings given such terms in section 47 of 17 |
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| 49 | 49 | | the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2794). 18 |
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| 50 | 50 | | Æ |
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