[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 132 (Thursday, July 31, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5086-S5087]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3284. Mr. MURPHY 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 appropriate place in title XV, insert the following:

     SEC. 15__. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR SPACE-
                   BASED INTERCEPTOR DEVELOPMENT.

       (a) Limitation.--None of the funds authorized to be 
     appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for 
     fiscal year 2026 for space-based interceptor development may 
     be obligated or expended to carry out any space-based 
     interceptor development until the Secretary of Defense 
     submits to the congressional defense committees the report 
     described in subsection (b).
       (b) Report.--The report described in this subsection is a 
     report that--
       (1) outlines the specific elements, goals, procurement and 
     research and development

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     plans, and comprehensive cost estimates for the architecture 
     of the Golden Dome missile defense system;
       (2) provides an analysis of the technical feasibility of a 
     comprehensive missile defense shield to protect the entire 
     United States homeland; and
       (3) details the recusal requirements, contracting 
     safeguards, and oversight and accountability mechanisms in 
     place to ensure the program's rapid rollout does not allow 
     for conflicts of interest, corrupt business dealings, or 
     biased decisionmaking processes.
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