[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 133 (Friday, August 1, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S5341]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3590. Mr. SANDERS (for Mr. Welch) submitted an amendment intended 
to be proposed by Mr. Sanders 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 XII, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. __. LIMITATION ON MILITARY OPERATIONS AND ACTIVITIES IN 
                   YEMEN.

       The Department of Defense shall not engage in military 
     operations or activities in or affecting the territory, 
     airspace, or waters of the Republic of Yemen, unless such 
     operations or activities have been authorized by Congress. 
     Nothing in this section shall--
       (1) prohibit operations against Al Qaeda in the Arabian 
     Peninsula or ISIS-Yemen; or
       (2) limit or disrupt any non-lethal intelligence, 
     counterintelligence, or investigative activities in the 
     Republic of Yemen by the United States Government.
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