Text of Senate Amendment 6401

On 2026-06-24, Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) delivered a floor speech titled "Text Of Senate Amendment 6401" in the Senate.

Text of Senate Amendment 6401

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)] [Senate] [Page S3531] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 6401. Mr. WELCH (for himself, Mr. Durbin, and Mr. Bennet) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 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: In section 1224(a), strike paragraph (1) and insert the following: (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Commerce, shall seek to engage with relevant stakeholders in Ukraine to establish a United States-Ukraine Strategic Defense Innovation Working Group (referred to in this section as the ``Working Group'') to explore-- At the end of section 1224(d)(2)(B), add the following: (viii) A description of non-regulatory opportunities to fast-track agency processing procedures to accelerate export of United States Munitions List-listed military explosives and Commerce Control List-listed dual-use precursors, manufacturing equipment, and components for production of covered systems in Ukraine. ______