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Text of Senate Amendment 6403

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On 2026-06-24, Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) delivered a floor speech titled "Text Of Senate Amendment 6403" in the Senate.

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Text of Senate Amendment 6403

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)] [Senate] [Page S3532] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 6403. Mr. WELCH 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 X, insert the following: SEC. ___. CLASSIFIED BRIEFING AND REPORT ON COUNTERINTELLIGENCE THREATS POSED BY GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL. (a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall, in coordination with the Director of National Intelligence, provide to all members of Congress and appropriately cleared staff of members and committees of Congress a classified briefing, and submit to Congress and such members and committees a classified report, on counterintelligence threats posed by the Government of Israel. (b) Elements.--The briefing and the report required by subsection (a) shall address the scope, intensity, and trends of espionage by the Government of Israel directed against-- (1) United States companies doing business with the Department of Defense and the intelligence community (as defined in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003)), including attendant risks to sensitive defense and intelligence-related intellectual property and proprietary corporate information; (2) members and staff of Congress; and (3) officials and agencies of the United States Government, including senior officials of the executive branch of the Federal Government engaged in sensitive negotiations with countries in the Middle East. ______

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Text of Senate Amendment 6403 Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)] [Senate] [Page S3532] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 6403. Mr. WELCH 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 X, insert the following: SEC. ___. CLASSIFIED BRIEFING AND REPORT ON COUNTERINTELLIGENCE THREATS POSED BY GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL. (a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall, in coordination with the Director of National Intelligence, provide to all members of Congress and appropriately cleared staff of members and committees of Congress a classified briefing, and submit to Congress and such members and committees a classified report, on counterintelligence threats posed by the Government of Israel. (b) Elements.--The briefing and the report required by subsection (a) shall address the scope, intensity, and trends of espionage by the Government of Israel directed against-- (1) United States companies doing business with the Department of Defense and the intelligence community (as defined in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003)), including attendant risks to sensitive defense and intelligence-related intellectual property and proprietary corporate information; (2) members and staff of Congress; and (3) officials and agencies of the United States Government, including senior officials of the executive branch of the Federal Government engaged in sensitive negotiations with countries in the Middle East. ______