(10) in accordance with its legal authorities and 
project selection criteria, the United States Develop-
ment Finance Corporation should consider sup-
porting private investment in strategic infrastructure 
projects in Greece, to include shipyards and ports 
that contribute to the security of the region and 
Greece’s prosperity; 
(11) the Mutual Defense Cooperation Agree-
ment with Greece should be extended for a period of 
five years and include deepened partnerships at 
Greek military facilities throughout the country, 
and, as appropriate and necessary, the United 
States should partner with Greece in order to in-
crease rotational deployments and presences of for-
ward-based troops at Greek bases; 
(12) the United States Government should re-
store congressionally appropriated military construc-
tion funds for construction projects at Naval Sup-
port Activity Souda Bay focused on a warehouse 
storage facility and an airport passenger terminal 
that were redirected to United States border wall 
programs in 2019; and 
(13) the United States Government should es-
tablish the United States-Eastern Mediterranean 
Energy Center as authorized in the Eastern Medi-
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terranean Energy and Security Partnership Act of 
2019. 
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR EURO-
PEAN RECAPITALIZATION INCENTIVE PRO-
GRAM. 
There is authorized to be appropriated for the De-
partment of State $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2022 through 2026 for European Recapitalization Incen-
tive Program (ERIP) assistance to Greece to assist the 
country in meeting its defense needs and transitioning 
away from Russian-produced military equipment. 
SEC. 5. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON LOAN PROGRAM. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) as appropriate, the United States Govern-
ment should provide direct loans to Greece for the 
procurement of defense articles, defense services, 
and design and construction services pursuant to the 
authority of section 23 of the Arms Export Control 
Act (22 U.S.C. 2763) to support the further devel-
opment of Greece’s military forces; and 
(2) such loans should be considered an additive 
security partnership tool, and not a substitute for 
European Recapitalization Incentive Program assist-
ance. 
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SEC. 6. TRANSFER OF F–35 JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER AIR-
CRAFT TO GREECE. 
The President is authorized to expedite delivery of 
any future F–35 aircraft to Greece once Greece is pre-
pared to move forward with such a purchase on such terms 
and conditions as the President may require. Such trans-
fer shall be submitted to Congress pursuant to the certifi-
cation requirements under section 36 of the Arms Export 
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776). 
SEC. 7. REPORT ON EXPEDITED EXCESS DEFENSE ARTI-
CLES TRANSFER PROGRAM. 
During each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026, the 
Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the Sec-
retary of State, shall report not later than October 31 to 
the appropriate congressional committees and the Com-
mittees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives on Greece’s defense needs and how the 
United States will seek to address such needs through 
transfers of excess defense equipment to Greece for that 
fiscal year. 
SEC. 8. IMET COOPERATION WITH GREECE. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Department of State 
$1,800,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 
for International Military Education and Training 
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(IMET) assistance for Greece. The assistance shall be 
made available for the following purposes: 
(1) Training of future leaders. 
(2) Fostering a better understanding of the 
United States. 
(3) Establishing a rapport between the United 
States Armed Forces and Greece’s military to build 
partnerships for the future. 
(4) Enhancement of interoperability and capa-
bilities for joint operations. 
(5) Focusing on professional military education, 
civilian control of the military, and protection of 
human rights. 
SEC. 9. CYPRUS, GREECE, ISRAEL, AND THE UNITED 
STATES 3+1 INTERPARLIAMENTARY GROUP. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a group, 
to be known as the ‘‘Cyprus, Greece, Israel, and the 
United States 3+1 Interparliamentary Group’’, to serve 
as a legislative component to the 3+1 process launched 
in Jerusalem in March 2019. 
(b) MEMBERSHIP.—The Cyprus, Greece, Israel, and 
the United States 3+1 Interparliamentary Group shall in-
clude a group, to be known as the ‘‘United States group’’, 
of— 
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(1) not more than 6 United States Senators, 
who shall be appointed jointly by the majority leader 
and the minority leader of the Senate; and 
(2) not more than 6 Members of the United 
States House of Representatives, who shall be ap-
pointed jointly by the Speaker and minority leader 
of the House of Representatives. 
(c) MEETINGS.—Not less frequently than once each 
year, the United States group shall meet with members 
of the 3+1 group to discuss issues on the agenda of the 
3+1 deliberations of the Governments of Greece, Israel, 
Cyprus, and the United States to include maritime secu-
rity, defense cooperation, energy initiatives, and coun-
tering malign influence efforts by the People’s Republic 
of China and the Russian Federation. 
SEC. 10. APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 
the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 
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