[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 132 (Thursday, July 31, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S5050]
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  SA 3210. Ms. DUCKWORTH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her 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 F of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1067. LIMITATION ON PROVISION OF SUPPORT BY ARMED FORCES 
                   TO CIVILIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES.

       (a) In General.--Chapter 15 of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended by inserting after section 274 the following 
     new section:

     ``Sec. 274a. Limitation on provision of support

       ``(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense may provide 
     support under section 272, 273, or 274 of this title only if 
     the President first submits to Congress a notification and 
     written justification for the support that includes--
       ``(1) the agency to which the support is provided;
       ``(2) the budget, implementation timeline with milestones, 
     anticipated delivery schedule, and completion date for the 
     purpose or project for which the support is provided;
       ``(3) the source and planned expenditure of funds provided 
     for such purpose or project;
       ``(4) a description of the arrangements, if any, for the 
     sustainment of such purpose or project and the source of 
     funds to support sustainment of the capabilities and 
     performance outcomes achieved using the support, if 
     applicable;
       ``(5) a description of the objectives for such purpose or 
     project and an evaluation framework to be used to develop 
     capability and performance metrics associated with 
     operational outcomes for the recipient of the support; and
       ``(6) information, including the amount, type, and purpose, 
     about the support provided to the agency during the three 
     fiscal years preceding the fiscal year for which the support 
     covered by the notification and justification is provided.
       ``(b) Limitation on Timing.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense may not provide 
     support under section 272, 273, or 274 of this title for a 
     period that exceeds 30 days unless a joint resolution of 
     approval is enacted that approves the provision of such 
     support for a longer period.
       ``(2) Joint resolution of approval.--In this subsection, 
     the term `joint resolution of approval' means only a joint 
     resolution of either House of Congress--
       ``(A) the title of which is as follows: `A joint resolution 
     approving the provision by the Department of Defense of 
     support to civilian law enforcement for a period of more than 
     30 days.'; and
       ``(B) the sole matter after the resolving clause of which 
     is the following: `Congress approves of the provision of 
     support under section 272, 273, or 274 of title 10, United 
     States Code, with respect to ______