Text of Senate Amendment 6510

On 2026-06-24, Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) delivered a floor speech titled "Text Of Senate Amendment 6510" in the Senate.

Text of Senate Amendment 6510

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)] [Senate] [Pages S3622-S3624] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 6510. Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself and Mr. Cruz) 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 title XII, add the following: Subtitle F--Reassessing the United States-Tanzania Bilateral Relationship Act SEC. 1281. SHORT TITLE. This subtitle may be cited as the ``Reassessing the United States-Tanzania Bilateral Relationship Act''. SEC. 1282. FINDINGS. Congress makes the following findings: (1) Tanzania is one of Africa's fastest growing economies with strong economic growth over the past decade due to the expansion of key sectors, including agriculture, mining, and tourism. (2) Tanzania's reliability as a partner to the United States is increasingly in question due to ongoing political repression, violations of religious freedom and freedom of expression, and persistent barriers to United States investment. [[Page S3623]] (3) The October 29, 2025, general elections were marked by significant political interference, including ballot manipulation and vote tabulation irregularities, which favored incumbent President Samia Suluhu Hassan and other candidates of Tanzania's parliamentary majority party, Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM). (4) Leading up to the general elections in Tanzania's October 29, 2025, election, multiple incidents of political abductions and disappearances occurred in Tanzania, most recently the abduction and subsequent disappearance of Tanzanian Ambassador Humphrey Polepole on October 6, 2025. (5) A range of actions by the CCM, a political party that has continuously held a parliamentary majority and controlled Tanzania's central government since the CCM's formation in 1977, has severely undermined democracy in the country. (6) The ongoing treason trial of Chadema opposition figure Tundu Lissu, terrorism charges against Chadema Deputy John Heche, and charges and detentions of other opposition party members are politically motivated and intended to prevent opposition figures from standing for elections. (7) The Government of Tanzania has engaged in violations of religious freedom, including the revocation of registration for religious institutions, harassment, detention, and attacks against religious leaders, and restrictions on religious worship and expression. (8) During mass citizen protests against Tanzania's fraudulent and illegitimate October 29, 2025, general elections, the Tanzanian Police and Tanzania Defense Forces killed hundreds of Tanzanian citizens and endangered the lives of United States citizens and tourists visiting the country. (9) While protestors faced attacks by Tanzanian Security Forces, the Government of Tanzania imposed an internet shutdown impacting online connections, communications, business, and banking, disrupting regional trade and costing the country an estimated $238,000,000 in the process. (10) In response to this unprecedented violence and unrest in Tanzania, the United States Embassy in Tanzania issued a Security Alert on October 30, 2025, calling on United States citizens in Tanzania to shelter-in-place. (11) Following the electoral protests, the Tanzanian electoral commission released disputed results from the fraudulent election, declaring President Samia Suluhu Hassan the winner with 98 percent of the vote. (12) On December 4, 2025, the Department of State announced a comprehensive review of the bilateral relationship between the United States and Tanzania. SEC. 1283. SENSE OF CONGRESS. It is the sense of Congress that-- (1) over the last three years, the actions by the Government of Tanzania-- (A) have subverted democracy; (B) have blatantly violated citizens' internationally- recognized human rights; (C) have disrupted regional trade; (D) have endangered the safety and security of Tanzanians, tourists, and the diplomatic community; (E) place United States national interests in Tanzania at risk; and (F) threaten to undermine regional stability and long-term bilateral cooperation between the United States and Tanzania; and (2) the United States-- (A) supports the decision to terminate Tanzania's Millennium Challenge Corporation threshold program; (B) expresses solidarity with the people of Tanzania; (C) recognizes the unprecedented levels of violence experienced in Tanzania; and (D) supports calls for an international independent investigation into the pre- and post-election violence in Tanzania that will result in those who conducted violence against Tanzania civilians being held accountable for violations of internationally-recognized human rights. SEC. 1284. REVIEW OF THE UNITED STATES RELATIONSHIP WITH TANZANIA. (a) Reassessment of the United States-Tanzania Bilateral Relationship.--The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, the United States Trade Representative, and the heads of other relevant Federal agencies, shall conduct a comprehensive reassessment of the bilateral relationship between the United States and Tanzania. (b) Elements.--The reassessment required under subsection (a) shall-- (1) review efforts taken by the Department of State to press for the release of religious and opposition leaders unjustly detained by the Government of Tanzania; (2) analyze the democratic priorities and trajectory of Tanzania; (3) develop a detailed strategy outlining the necessary democratic reforms needed in Tanzania; (4) assess United States security assistance to Tanzania to ensure the Tanzanian Defense Forces and the Tanzanian Police are reliable partners that-- (A) adhere to Tanzania's constitutionally mandated human rights and rule of law norms; and (B) protect the safety of the citizens and all of the visitors to Tanzania; (5) evaluate the relationship between the Government of Tanzania and the Government of the People's Republic of China, including-- (A) military and security cooperation, including training, exercises, arms transfers, and cooperation between defense, intelligence, or law enforcement entities; (B) economic engagement, including investments, loans, and financing involving Chinese-state-owned or affiliated entities, and the impact of such activities on market access, debt sustainability, and the competitiveness of United States companies; and (C) political cooperation with the Government of the People's Republic of China that seeks to undermine democratic principles, advance one-party consolidation, and solidify anti-American and anti-Western sentiment internally and internationally; (6) assess the likely impact of the measures authorized under this subtitle on United States strategic and security interests in Tanzania and East Africa, including regional security cooperation, maritime security, and competition with the People's Republic of China; and (7) evaluate the relationship between the Government of Tanzania and the Government of the Russian Federation, including-- (A) military and security cooperation, including training, exercises, arms transfers, and cooperation between defense, intelligence, or law enforcement entities; and (B) economic engagement activities, including investments, loans, and financing involving Russian state-owned or affiliated entities, and the impact of such activities on market access, debt sustainability, and the competitiveness of United States companies, with a particular focus on Russian investment in the energy, critical minerals, healthcare, and agriculture sectors. (c) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the appropriate committees of Congress that includes the findings of the reassessment required under subsection (a). SEC. 1285. REPORT ON CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS IN TANZANIA. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the appropriate committees of Congress that includes a list of each foreign person the Secretary determines-- (1) holds a senior position in the Government of Tanzania, the leadership of Chama Cha Mapinduzi, the Tanzania Police Force, the Tanzanian People's Defense Force, or the Tanzanian Intelligence and Security Service; and (2) is responsible for or complicit in, or has directly or indirectly engaged in-- (A) ordering, controlling, or otherwise directing abductions, enforced disappearances, or arbitrary detention of political opponents, journalists, or civil society actors; (B) targeting harassment, intimidation, detention, or use of violence against journalists, media organizations, or activists to suppress dissent or silence public reporting on violations of internationally-recognized human rights; (C) censorship or other restrictions on media, shutdowns or reductions to internet access, or restrictions on freedom of expression intended to conceal abuses of internationally- recognized human rights or to prevent the dissemination of credible information; (D) severe violations of religious freedom, including the persecution of individuals or groups on the basis of religion, prohibitions or restrictions on religious worship, assembly, or expression, or acts of violence, coercion, or discrimination against religious communities; (E) the use of transnational repression tactics that target foreign nationals, Tanzanian citizens, and diaspora members regionally and internationally; (F) extrajudicial killings, torture, or gross violations of internationally recognized hum