[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 21 (Thursday, January 29, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S386]
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  SA 4274. Mrs. SHAHEEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill H.R. 7148, making further consolidated 
appropriations 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 in title VII of division E, insert 
     the following:

     SEC. ___. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.

       (a) In General.--None of the funds appropriated or 
     otherwise made available by this Act or any other Act with 
     respect to any fiscal year may be used to blockade, occupy, 
     annex, conduct military operations against, or otherwise 
     assert control over the sovereign territory of a member state 
     of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), other than 
     as authorized by that NATO member state or the North Atlantic 
     Council.
       (b) Rule of Construction.-- Nothing in this section shall 
     be construed to prevent the United States from defending 
     itself or an ally from an armed attack or from a credible 
     threat of an imminent armed attack.
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