Text of Senate Amendment 5972

On 2026-06-23, Senator Adam B. Schiff (D-CA) delivered a floor speech titled "Text Of Senate Amendment 5972" in the Senate.

Text of Senate Amendment 5972

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 105 (Tuesday, June 23, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 105 (Tuesday, June 23, 2026)] [Senate] [Pages S3110-S3111] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 5972. Mr. SCHIFF 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 appropriate place in title III, insert the following: SEC. 3__. LIMITATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY PROJECTS. (a) Limitation on Reversal of Prior Approval.-- (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Defense may not object to, pause, or recommend the suspension or revocation of any lease, easement, right-of-way, or construction and operations plan for an offshore wind energy project under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) if the Secretary previously concurred with, signed off on, or found no unmitigable adverse impact for such project during the initial Federal environmental or regulatory review process. (2) Unmitigable adverse impacts.--An unmitigable adverse impact under paragraph (1) shall not include radar clutter or operational inconveniences that can be reasonably accommodated through software filtering, data-sharing agreements, or any other reasonable mitigation measures. (b) Requirements for New or Revised National Security Objections.--The Secretary of Defense may not issue an objection regarding the impact of a new offshore wind energy project on operations of the Armed [[Page S3111]] Forces, radar systems, or national security unless the Secretary first submits to the appropriate committees of Congress a report containing the following: (1) An unclassified summary of the specific, newly emergent, and quantifiable threat of such project to national security or readiness of the Armed Forces. (2) Material and scientific evidence demonstrating that the specific radar interference, target masking, or operational conflict cannot be resolved through alternative deployment strategies of the Armed Forces. (3) A certified cost-benefit analysis comparing the stated risk to national security against the economic impact of project cancellation and the risk to energy grid resilience in the United States. (c) Mandatory Mitigation Collaboration.--The Secretary of Defense may not finalize an objection to or halt an offshore wind energy project unless-- (1) the Secretary and the developer for such project have engaged in a good-faith negotiation period of not less than 180 days to implement technical mitigations; and (2) the Secretary demonstrates that all available technical mitigations are technically unfeasible. (d) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means-- (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate; and (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives. ______