Findings

Congress makes the following findings: (1) The frontline North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies of Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia play a critical role in regional and transatlantic security. (2) Those NATO allies have demonstrated consistent commitments to NATO defense spending targets, support for Ukraine, and forward deployments to deter Russian aggression. (3) Those NATO allies are on the front line of deterring and defending against threats from Russia and Belarus, and require continued United States coordination, defense cooperation, and security assistance. (4) Ukraine is on the front line of United States and NATO security, fighting to defend itself against Russian aggression that could also be turned upon those same NATO allies. (5) The United States possesses existing authorities and tools, including assistance under the Foreign Military Financing program under section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763), assistance under section 333 of title 10, United States Code, transfer of excess defense articles under section 516 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j), and the War Reserve Stocks for Allies program administered under section 514 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321h), that can be used to enhance resilience, logistics, and interoperability with those NATO allies.