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 5 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 may 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).