[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 146 (Monday, September 8, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S6410]
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  SA 3802. Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself and Mr. Durbin) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3748 proposed by Mr. 
Wicker (for himself and Mr. Reed) 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 XXVIII, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 2850. PROHIBITION ON USE OF MILITARY CONSTRUCTION FUNDS 
                   TO DETAIN MIGRANTS.

       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 
     funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act for military construction purposes may 
     be used to construct, renovate, or expand any facility for 
     the purposes of detention of migrants by the Department of 
     Defense or to facilitate detention of migrants by the 
     Department of Homeland Security, including by housing 
     personnel of the Department of Homeland Security.
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