Text of Senate Amendment 5961

On 2026-06-23, Senator Michael F. Bennet (D-CO) delivered a floor speech titled "Text Of Senate Amendment 5961" in the Senate.

Text of Senate Amendment 5961

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 105 (Tuesday, June 23, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 105 (Tuesday, June 23, 2026)] [Senate] [Pages S3103-S3104] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 5961. Mr. BENNET (for himself and Mr. McConnell) 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: In section 1224(c)(2)(A), strike clauses (ii) and (iii) and insert the following: (ii) the tactics, techniques, and procedures that enable successful battlefield employment of offensive and defensive unmanned aerial systems; [[Page S3104]] (iii) best practices with respect to force protection from unmanned aerial systems and the defense of fixed targets from unmanned aerial systems; and (iv) the regular transmission of lessons learned in Ukraine to the military forces of-- (I) Taiwan; (II) Australia; (III) Japan; (IV) the Republic of Korea; (V) Thailand; (VI) the Philippines; (VII) partners in the Indo-Pacific region, including India, New Zealand, and Vietnam; and (VIII) member countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, particularly such countries on the eastern flank of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance, including Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland. ______