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Text of Senate Amendment 6341

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On 2026-06-24, Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) delivered a floor speech titled "Text Of Senate Amendment 6341" in the Senate.

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Text of Senate Amendment 6341

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)] [Senate] [Page S3465] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 6341. Mr. SCHUMER 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 I, insert the following: SEC. __. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR THE RETIREMENT OR DECOMMISSIONING OF CERTAIN TACTICAL AND NAVAL RADAR SYSTEMS. (a) Limitation.--None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of Defense or the military departments may be obligated or expended to retire, decommission, divest, or otherwise remove from active operational service any of the radar systems specified in subsection (b). (b) Radar Systems Specified.--The radar systems specified in this subsection are the following: (1) The AN/SPN-43 shipboard air traffic control and air marshaling radar system. (2) The AN/SPY-1 phased-array radar system (Aegis Combat System). (3) The AN/TPQ-36 and AN/TPQ-37 Firefinder counter-battery radar systems. (4) Airborne Station Keeping Equipment (SKE) radar systems, including the AN/APN-243. (c) Exception for Beyond-repair Systems.--The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply to individual units of the radar systems specified in subsection (b) that the Secretary of the military department concerned determines have been damaged or degraded beyond economical repair. ______

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Text of Senate Amendment 6341 Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)] [Senate] [Page S3465] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 6341. Mr. SCHUMER 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 I, insert the following: SEC. __. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR THE RETIREMENT OR DECOMMISSIONING OF CERTAIN TACTICAL AND NAVAL RADAR SYSTEMS. (a) Limitation.--None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of Defense or the military departments may be obligated or expended to retire, decommission, divest, or otherwise remove from active operational service any of the radar systems specified in subsection (b). (b) Radar Systems Specified.--The radar systems specified in this subsection are the following: (1) The AN/SPN-43 shipboard air traffic control and air marshaling radar system. (2) The AN/SPY-1 phased-array radar system (Aegis Combat System). (3) The AN/TPQ-36 and AN/TPQ-37 Firefinder counter-battery radar systems. (4) Airborne Station Keeping Equipment (SKE) radar systems, including the AN/APN-243. (c) Exception for Beyond-repair Systems.--The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply to individual units of the radar systems specified in subsection (b) that the Secretary of the military department concerned determines have been damaged or degraded beyond economical repair. ______