[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 130 (Tuesday, July 29, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S4847]
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SA 3109. Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, and Mr. Schatz)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S.
2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2026 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 subtitle D of title X, add the following:
SEC. 1038. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO PROCURE OR MODIFY
FOREIGN AIRCRAFT FOR PRESIDENTIAL AIRLIFT.
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act
or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2026 for the
Department of Defense may be made available for the
procurement, modification, restoration, or maintenance of an
aircraft previously owned by a foreign government, an entity
controlled by a foreign government, or a representative of a
foreign government for the purposes of providing presidential
airlift options.
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