Text of Senate Amendment 6692

On 2026-07-14, Senator Richard J. Durbin (D-IL) delivered a floor speech titled "Text Of Senate Amendment 6692" in the Senate.

Text of Senate Amendment 6692

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 114 (Tuesday, July 14, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 114 (Tuesday, July 14, 2026)] [Senate] [Page S3970] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 6692. Mr. DURBIN 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: At the end of subtitle C of title XII, add the following: SEC. 1229A. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INTERNATIONAL SECURITY COOPERATION PROGRAMS IN THE AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY OF THE UNITED STATES EUROPEAN COMMAND. Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2027 for Operation and Maintenance and available for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, as specified in the funding table in section 4301, $350,000,000 shall be available for additional international security cooperation programs in the area of responsibility of the United States European Command, of which $250,000,000 shall be available for the Baltic Security Initiative ______