[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 103 (Thursday, June 18, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S2964]
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  SA 5871. Mr. DAINES submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2027 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 end of subtitle B of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 320C. TREATMENT OF AIR FORCE MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND 
                   LAND ACQUISITION FUNCTIONS UNDER SENTINEL 
                   PROGRAM.

       (a) Authority Relating to Environmental Review.--
     Notwithstanding any other provision of law, military 
     construction and land acquisition functions of the Department 
     of the Air Force for projects related to the Sentinel 
     intercontinental ballistic missile program (previously 
     referred to as the ``ground-based strategic weapon program'') 
     shall not be considered to be a major Federal action under 
     the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 
     et seq.) or an undertaking for the purposes of division A of 
     subtitle III of title 54, United States Code, if the 
     activity--
       (1) occurs on previously developed land; and
       (2) does not substantially alter land use.
       (b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be 
     construed as altering whether an activity described in 
     subsection (a) is considered to be a major Federal action 
     under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
     U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) or an undertaking under division A of 
     subtitle III of title 54, United States Code, for a reason 
     other than military construction or land acquisition by the 
     Department of the Air Force.
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