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Text of Senate Amendment 6624

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On 2026-07-13, Senator Susan M. Collins (R-ME) delivered a floor speech titled "Text Of Senate Amendment 6624" in the Senate.

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Text of Senate Amendment 6624

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 113 (Monday, July 13, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 113 (Monday, July 13, 2026)] [Senate] [Page S3827] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 6624. Ms. COLLINS 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 VIII, add the following: SEC. 850. REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO WEARING OPTIONAL COMBAT BOOTS. (a) In General.--Not later than three years after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary of Defense shall issue regulations, to take effect not more than one year after issuance, to prohibit any member of the Armed Forces who joins the Armed Forces after the date the regulations are issued from wearing optional combat boots as part of a required uniform unless the optional combat boots are entirely manufactured in the United States and entirely made of-- (1) materials grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced in the United States; and (2) components that are manufactured entirely in the United States and entirely made of materials described in paragraph (1). (b) Waiver.--The requirements of subsection (a) may be waived if a member of the Armed Forces provides a medical justification authorized by the commanding officer of such member to wear optional combat boots as part of a required uniform. (c) Exception.--The requirements of subsection (a) shall not apply to a member of the Armed Forces within a combat arms military occupational specialty who is in a deployed status. (d) Definitions.--In this section: (1) The term ``optional combat boots'', with respect to a member of the Armed Forces, means combat boots not furnished to such member of the Armed Forces by the Secretary of Defense. (2) The term ``required uniform'' means a uniform a member of the Armed Forces is required to wear as a member of the Armed Forces. ______

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Text of Senate Amendment 6624 Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 113 (Monday, July 13, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 113 (Monday, July 13, 2026)] [Senate] [Page S3827] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 6624. Ms. COLLINS 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 VIII, add the following: SEC. 850. REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO WEARING OPTIONAL COMBAT BOOTS. (a) In General.--Not later than three years after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary of Defense shall issue regulations, to take effect not more than one year after issuance, to prohibit any member of the Armed Forces who joins the Armed Forces after the date the regulations are issued from wearing optional combat boots as part of a required uniform unless the optional combat boots are entirely manufactured in the United States and entirely made of-- (1) materials grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced in the United States; and (2) components that are manufactured entirely in the United States and entirely made of materials described in paragraph (1). (b) Waiver.--The requirements of subsection (a) may be waived if a member of the Armed Forces provides a medical justification authorized by the commanding officer of such member to wear optional combat boots as part of a required uniform. (c) Exception.--The requirements of subsection (a) shall not apply to a member of the Armed Forces within a combat arms military occupational specialty who is in a deployed status. (d) Definitions.--In this section: (1) The term ``optional combat boots'', with respect to a member of the Armed Forces, means combat boots not furnished to such member of the Armed Forces by the Secretary of Defense. (2) The term ``required uniform'' means a uniform a member of the Armed Forces is required to wear as a member of the Armed Forces. ______