[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 165 (Tuesday, October 7, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S6983]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3924. Ms. LUMMIS 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 appropriate place in subtitle F of title X, insert 
     the following:

     SEC. 10__. PROHIBITION.

       (a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), none of the 
     funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or an 
     amendment made by this Act, or otherwise made available to 
     any department or agency of the Federal Government pursuant 
     to this Act or an amendment made by this Act, may be used to 
     establish, administer, fund, or contract with any entity--
       (1) to function as an intermediary or regranting 
     institution for the purpose of financing greenhouse gas 
     reduction projects, climate justice initiatives, or similar 
     environmental programs; and
       (2) to receive funding for the primary purpose of 
     distributing subgrants or loans to third parties for the 
     purposes described in paragraph (1).
       (b) Savings Provision.--Nothing in this section limits the 
     authority of the Federal Government to provide funding to a 
     Federal, State, territorial, or local governmental agency for 
     any purpose.
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