[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 212 (Tuesday, December 16, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S8788]
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  SA 4024. Mrs. SHAHEEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill H.R. 4016, making appropriations for the Department 
of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec. _____.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
     be used to implement any prohibition on the ability of the 
     Forensic Sciences Laboratories of the Drug Enforcement 
     Administration to appoint individuals to positions within the 
     Forensic Sciences Laboratories, furlough or remove any 
     employee of the Forensic Sciences Laboratories, implement a 
     reduction in force at Forensic Sciences Laboratories, or 
     otherwise reduce the number of employees of the Forensic 
     Sciences Laboratories.
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