[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 133 (Friday, August 1, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S5455]
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  SA 3655. Mr. CRUZ 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:

       Beginning on page 1372, strike line 20 and all that follows 
     through page 1373, line 6, and insert the following:

     SEC. 3116. PROTECTION OF CERTAIN NUCLEAR FACILITIES AND 
                   ASSETS FROM UNMANNED AIRCRAFT.

       Section 4510(e)(1) of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 
     U.S.C. 2661(e)(1)) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (C) as 
     subparagraphs (B) through (D), respectively;
       (2) by inserting after the matter preceding subparagraph 
     (B), as so redesignated, the following new subparagraph (A):
       ``(A) identified by the Secretary of Energy, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of Transportation with 
     respect to potentially impacted airspace, through a risk-
     based assessment for the purposes of this section;''; and
       (3) by striking subparagraph (D), as so redesignated, and 
     inserting the following:
       ``(D)(i) owned by or contracted to the National Nuclear 
     Security Administration, including any facility that stores 
     or uses special nuclear material; or
       ``(ii) a national security laboratory or nuclear weapons 
     production facility.''.
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