ELIGIBILITY OF BALTIC STATES FOR NONLETHAL DEFENSE ARTICLES.

SEC. 906. ELIGIBILITY OF BALTIC STATES FOR NONLETHAL DEFENSE ARTICLES. (a) Eligibility.— Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania shall each be eligible— (1) to purchase, or to receive financing for the purchase of, nonlethal defense articles— (A) under the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), without regard to section 3(a)(1) of that Act, or (B) under section 503 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2311), without regard to the requirement in subsection (a) of that section for a Presidential finding; and (2) to receive nonlethal excess defense articles transferred under section 519 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321m), without regard to the restrictions in subsection (a) of that section. (b) Definitions.— As used in this section— 106 STAT. 3357 (1) the term “defense article” has the same meaning given to that term in section 47(3) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2794(3)); and (2) the term “excess defense article” has the same meaning given to that term in section 644(g) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2403(g)).