[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 212 (Tuesday, December 16, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S8792]
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  SA 4053. Mr. MERKLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him 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. ____. PROHIBITION OF USE OF FUNDS TO DEPICT CERTAIN 
                   FEDERAL OFFICIALS ON PUBLIC LAND UNITS AND 
                   MATERIALS RELATING TO PUBLIC LAND UNITS.

       Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, none of 
     the funds made available under any division of this Act may 
     be used to depict, permanently or temporarily, the name, 
     image, or likeness of any President, Vice President, cabinet 
     secretary, or member of Congress in office as of the date of 
     the depiction, on a public land unit (including the naming of 
     a public land unit), a public structure within a public land 
     unit, signage for a public land unit, a vehicle associated 
     with a public land unit, written materials relating to a 
     public land unit (including maps, newsletters, flyers, 
     permits, and entry passes), or any other physical or printed 
     property or production of the Federal Government intended for 
     public display or consumption at a public land unit, except 
     in cases in which such depiction is required for official 
     Federal documentation purposes.
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