Text of Senate Amendment 6498

On 2026-06-24, Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) delivered a floor speech titled "Text Of Senate Amendment 6498" in the Senate.

Text of Senate Amendment 6498

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)] [Senate] [Page S3615] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 6498. Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Mr. Tillis, and Ms. Murkowski) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the end of subtitle C of title XII, add the following: SEC. 1229A. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO ASSERT CONTROL OVER ANY MEMBER COUNTRY OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION. (a) In General.--None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act for the Department of Defense may be used to blockade, occupy, annex, conduct military operations against, or otherwise assert control over the sovereign territory of a member country of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, other than as authorized by such country or the North Atlantic Council. (b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be construed to prevent the United States from defending itself or an ally from an armed attack or from a credible threat of an imminent armed attack. ______