I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2922 
To establish the Baltic Security Initiative for the purpose of strengthening 
the defensive capabilities of the Baltic countries, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 27, 2023 
Mr. BACON (for himself and Mr. GALLEGO) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition 
to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently de-
termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To establish the Baltic Security Initiative for the purpose 
of strengthening the defensive capabilities of the Baltic 
countries, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Baltic Security Initia-
tive Act’’. 
SEC. 2. BALTIC SECURITY INITIATIVE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
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(1) The Secretary of Defense shall establish 
and carry out an initiative, to be known as the ‘‘Bal-
tic Security Initiative’’, for the purpose of deepening 
security cooperation with the Baltic countries. 
(2) RELATIONSHIP
TO
EXISTING
AUTHORI-
TIES.—The initiative required by this subsection 
shall be carried out pursuant to the authorities of 
title 10, United States Code. 
(b) OBJECTIVES.—The objectives of the initiative re-
quired by subsection (a) shall be— 
(1) to achieve United States national security 
objectives by— 
(A) deterring Russian aggression; and 
(B) implementing NATO’s new Strategic 
Concept which seeks to strengthen the alliance’s 
deterrence and defense posture by denying po-
tential adversaries any possible opportunities 
for aggression; 
(2) to enhance regional planning and coopera-
tion among the Baltic countries, particularly with re-
spect to long-term regional capability projects, in-
cluding— 
(A) long range precision fire systems and 
capabilities; 
(B) integrated air and missile defense; 
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(C) maritime domain awareness; 
(D) land forces development, including 
stockpiling large caliber ammunition; 
(E) command, control, communications, 
computers, intelligence, surveillance, and recon-
naissance; 
(F) special operations forces development; 
(G) coordination with and security en-
hancements for Poland, which is a neighboring 
NATO ally; and 
(H) other military capabilities as deter-
mined by the Secretary of Defense; and 
(3) to improve the Baltic countries’ cyber de-
fenses and resilience to hybrid threats. 
(c) STRATEGY.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report 
setting forth a strategy of the Department of De-
fense to achieve the objectives described in sub-
section (b) of the initiative required by subsection 
(a). 
(2) CONSIDERATIONS.—The strategy required 
by this subsection shall include a consideration of— 
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(A) current security assistance programs 
for the Baltic countries; 
(B) the ongoing security threats to 
NATO’s eastern flank posed by Russian aggres-
sion, including as a result of the Russian Fed-
eration’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine with support 
from Belarus; and 
(C) the ongoing security threats to the 
Baltic countries posed by the presence, coercive 
economic policies, and other malign activities of 
the People’s Republic of China. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated 
to 
the 
Secretary 
of 
Defense 
$350,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2024, 
2025, and 2026 to carry out the initiative required 
by subsection (a). 
(2) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 
Congress that the Secretary of Defense should seek 
to require matching funds from those Baltic coun-
tries that participate in the initiative required by 
subsection (a) in amounts commensurate with 
amounts provided by the Department of Defense 
under such initiative. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
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