Text of Senate Amendment 5898

On 2026-06-22, Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) delivered a floor speech titled "Text Of Senate Amendment 5898" in the Senate.

Text of Senate Amendment 5898

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 104 (Monday, June 22, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 104 (Monday, June 22, 2026)] [Senate] [Page S3019] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 5898. Ms. DUCKWORTH 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 appropriate place, insert the following: SEC. __. IRAN WAR ACCOUNTABILITY. (a) Prohibition on Use of Funds.-- (1) In general.--None of the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act shall be used by the Department of Defense to fund military operations or activities against Iran until the date on which Congress authorizes the use of military force against Iran. (2) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this subsection may be construed to prevent the United States from-- (A) defending against an attack on the United States or its personnel or facilities in other nations; (B) collecting, analyzing, or sharing intelligence, including with the State of Israel and United States partners and allies, and international organizations as appropriate, related to defending against threats from Iran or its proxies; (C) assisting partner countries who have been attacked by Iran since February 28, 2026, and other nations-- (i) in taking defensive measures to protect their territory from retaliatory attacks by Iran or its proxies; or (ii) by providing defensive materiel support for such defensive measures; or (D) providing assistance for the security, departure, and evacuation to United States citizens affected by the hostilities. (b) Limitation on Use of Funds for Travel Expenses.-- (1) In general.--None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2027 for operation and maintenance, Defense-wide, and available for the Office of the Secretary of Defense for travel expenses may be obligated or expended until the date on which the Secretary of Defense submits to the congressional defense committees a report on the manner in which military operations and activities against Iran since February 28, 2026, affect the military readiness of the United States Armed Forces. (2) Elements.--The report referred to in paragraph (1) shall include, with respect to such operations and activities, the following: (A) A detailed description of the impact of such operations and activities on the maintenance cycles for each affected platform or asset, including the date on which each such platform or asset is estimated to return to mission capable status, as compared to the original maintenance timeline. (B) An accounting of munitions expenditures from such operations and activities, detailed by type of munition and the total available stock of such munition. (C) Estimated timelines for replenishing expended munitions, by type of munition. (D) A list of destroyed assets, platforms, and equipment (as compared to total stocks, disaggregated by mission capable rates) and associated costs. (E) A list of damaged assets, platforms, and equipment (as compared to total stocks, disaggregated by mission capable rates) and associated costs of, and timelines for, repair. (F) A list of damaged United States infrastructure and facilities, including a description of the source of damage, extent of damage, location, mission impacted by damage, and estimated cost of, and timeline for, repair. (G) An accounting of wounded-in-action rates, associated costs of medical care, resulting disability rates, and an assessment of the manner in which such wounded-in-action rates impact unit readiness rates. (H) A list of each unit that has experienced casualties, organized in descending order by number of casualties. (3) Form.--A report under this subsection shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex. ______