Text of Senate Amendment 6528

On 2026-06-24, Senator James E. Risch (R-ID) delivered a floor speech titled "Text Of Senate Amendment 6528" in the Senate.

Text of Senate Amendment 6528

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)] [Senate] [Pages S3660-S3661] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 6528. Mr. RISCH 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 title XII, add the following: Subtitle F--Vital Infrastructure Guarding Information and Logistics Act SEC. 1281. SHORT TITLE. This subtitle may be cited as the ``Vital Infrastructure Guarding Information and Logistics Act'' or the ``VIGIL Act''. SEC. 1282. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO MILITARY, INTELLIGENCE, AND SPACE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE THAT POSES A THREAT TO THE NATIONAL SECURITY OF THE UNITED STATES. (a) In General.--The President may impose the sanctions described in subsection (b) with respect to any foreign person that the President determines engages in or has engaged in a significant transaction or transactions, or any significant dealings with, or has provided material support to or for military, intelligence, or space infrastructure in the Western Hemisphere that poses a national security threat to the United States. (b) Sanctions Described.--The sanctions described in this subsection with respect to a foreign person are the following: (1) Asset blocking.--The exercise of all powers granted to the President by the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary to block and prohibit all transactions in all property and interests in property of the foreign person if such property and interests in property are in the United States, come within the United States, or are or come within the possession or control of a United States person. (2) Exclusion from the united states and revocation of visa or other documentation.--In the case of a foreign person who is an alien, denial of a visa to, and exclusion from the United States of, the alien, and revocation in accordance with section 221(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)) of any visa or other documentation of the alien. (c) Implementation; Penalties.-- (1) Implementation.--The President shall exercise all authorities provided under sections 203 and 205 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out this section. (2) Penalties.--A person that knowingly violates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of subsection (b)(1) or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry out that subsection shall be subject to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent as a person that commits an unlawful act described in subsection (a) of that section. (d) Exceptions.-- (1) Importation of goods.-- (A) In general.--The authorities and requirements to impose sanctions under this section shall not include the authority or a requirement to impose sanctions on the importation of goods. (B) Good defined.--In this paragraph, the term ``good'' means any article, natural or manmade substance, material, supply, or manufactured product, including inspection and test equipment, and excluding technical data. (2) Compliance with united nations headquarters agreement.--Sanctions under subsection (b)(2) shall not apply to an alien if admitting the alien into the United States is necessary to permit the United States to comply with the Agreement regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force November 21, 1947, between the United Nations and the United States, or other applicable international obligations. (e) Termination of Sanctions.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, this section shall terminate on the date that is 30 days after the date on which the President determines and certifies to the appropriate congressional committees (and Congress has not enacted legislation disapproving the determination within that 30-day period) that all military, intelligence, or space infrastructure described in subsection (a) has been verifiably closed and dismantled. (f) Waiver.-- (1) In general.--The President may waive the application of sanctions under this section with respect to a foreign person if the President, not later than 10 days before the waiver is to take effect, determines and certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that the waiver is in the vital national security interest of the United States. (2) Justification.--The President shall include with a certification submitted under paragraph (1) with respect to a waiver a detailed justification explaining the reasons for the waiver. (g) Definitions.--In this section: (1) Alien.--The term ``alien'' has the meaning given that term in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101). (2) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term ``appropriate congressional committees'' includes-- (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives. (3) Foreign person.--The term ``foreign person'' means a person that is not a United States person. (4) Person.--The term ``person'' means an individual or entity. (5) United states person.--The term ``United States person'' means-- (A) an individual who is a United States citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence to the United States; (B) an entity organized under the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction within the United States, including a foreign branch of such an entity; or (C) any person in the United States. SEC. 1283. REPORT ON EFFORTS BY THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA TO FACILITATE THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF MILITARY, INTELLIGENCE, OR SPACE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE. (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report describing-- (1) the military, intelligence, and space activities of the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the People's Republic of China in the Western Hemisphere, including any facilities used by either such government in the country hosting those facilities; (2) the purposes for which either such government conducts those activities and uses those facilities in the Western Hemisphere; (3) the extent to which either such government provides payment or government credits to the government of any country hosting [[Page S3661]] those facilities for the continued use of those facilities in the Western Hemisphere; and (4) any progress toward the verifiable termination of access by either such government to those facilities and withdrawal of personnel, including advisers, technicians, and military personnel, from those facilities. (b) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form and shall include a classified annex. (c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' includes-- (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives. ______