U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
HB5543: Baltic Security Assessment Act of 2025
Status: In committee, April 22, 2026
To require the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, to submit a report on emerging threats posed to the Republics of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, and for other purposes.
What the bill says
To require the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, to submit a report on emerging threats posed to the Republics of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, and for other purposes.
From the introduced text, September 23, 2025:
A BILL To require the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, to submit a report on emerging threats posed to the Republics of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Baltic Security Assessment Act of 2025 . SECTION 2. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that-- (1) supporting and strengthening the security of the Republics of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania is in the national security interests of the United States; (2) continuing to strengthen and update the security cooperation roadmap for the United States and the Baltic countries is critical to achieving strategic security priorities as the Republics of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania face ongoing belligerence and threats from the Russian Federation, including amid the Russian Federation's illegal and unprovoked war in Ukraine that began on February 24, 2022; (3) Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania have been valued members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and continue to contribute to the organizations' collective security and partnership; and (4) improved economic ties between the United States, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, including to counter economic pressure by the People's Republic of China, offer an opportunity to strengthen the United States-Baltic strategic partnership. SECTION 3. Report on emerging threats to the Baltic countries (a) …
Sponsors
- Wesley Bell (D, HD-001) · primary sponsor
- Don Bacon (R, HD-NE-2)
- Salud Carbajal (D)
- Yassamin Ansari (D, HD-003)
- Jake Auchincloss (D, HD-004)
- Sanford Bishop (D, HD-002)
- Nikki Budzinski (D, 13)
- Brendan Boyle (D, HD-PA-2)
- Andre Carson (D, HD-IN-7)
- Ed Case (D, HD-001)
- Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D, HD-FL-20)
- Jim Costa (D)
Latest actions
- : Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 41 - 3.
- : Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- : Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
- : Introduced in House
Subjects: Russia, International organizations and cooperation, Computers and information technology, Latvia, Europe, Computer security and identity theft, Estonia, Iran
Common questions
- What is HB5543?
- HB5543 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): Baltic Security Assessment Act of 2025.
- What does HB5543 do?
- In its own words: To require the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, to submit a report on emerging threats posed to the Republics of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, and for other purposes.
- What is the status of HB5543?
- In committee as of April 22, 2026. Latest action: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 41 - 3. (April 22, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB5543?
- Wesley Bell (D, HD-001), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB5543?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5543
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