[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 213 (Wednesday, December 17, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S8854]
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  SA 4087. 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. __.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law 
     (including any provision of the Code of the District of 
     Columbia), none of the funds made available under any 
     division of this Act or any other Act may be used by the 
     United States Park Police to carry out an activity or 
     initiative that does not involve (in whole or in part), or 
     does not have a clear nexus to, public land under the 
     jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior.
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