[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 104 (Monday, June 22, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S3019]
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  SA 5898. Ms. DUCKWORTH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. IRAN WAR ACCOUNTABILITY.

       (a) Prohibition on Use of Funds.--
       (1) In general.--None of the funds authorized to be 
     appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act shall be 
     used by the Department of Defense to fund military operations 
     or activities against Iran until the date on which Congress 
     authorizes the use of military force against Iran.
       (2) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this subsection may 
     be construed to prevent the United States from--
       (A) defending against an attack on the United States or its 
     personnel or facilities in other nations;
       (B) collecting, analyzing, or sharing intelligence, 
     including with the State of Israel and United States partners 
     and allies, and international organizations as appropriate, 
     related to defending against threats from Iran or its 
     proxies;
       (C) assisting partner countries who have been attacked by 
     Iran since February 28, 2026, and other nations--
       (i) in taking defensive measures to protect their territory 
     from retaliatory attacks by Iran or its proxies; or
       (ii) by providing defensive materiel support for such 
     defensive measures; or
       (D) providing assistance for the security, departure, and 
     evacuation to United States citizens affected by the 
     hostilities.
       (b) Limitation on Use of Funds for Travel Expenses.--
       (1) In general.--None of the funds authorized to be 
     appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for 
     fiscal year 2027 for operation and maintenance, Defense-wide, 
     and available for the Office of the Secretary of Defense for 
     travel expenses may be obligated or expended until the date 
     on which the Secretary of Defense submits to the 
     congressional defense committees a report on the manner in 
     which military operations and activities against Iran since 
     February 28, 2026, affect the military readiness of the 
     United States Armed Forces.
       (2) Elements.--The report referred to in paragraph (1) 
     shall include, with respect to such operations and 
     activities, the following:
       (A) A detailed description of the impact of such operations 
     and activities on the maintenance cycles for each affected 
     platform or asset, including the date on which each such 
     platform or asset is estimated to return to mission capable 
     status, as compared to the original maintenance timeline.
       (B) An accounting of munitions expenditures from such 
     operations and activities, detailed by type of munition and 
     the total available stock of such munition.
       (C) Estimated timelines for replenishing expended 
     munitions, by type of munition.
       (D) A list of destroyed assets, platforms, and equipment 
     (as compared to total stocks, disaggregated by mission 
     capable rates) and associated costs.
       (E) A list of damaged assets, platforms, and equipment (as 
     compared to total stocks, disaggregated by mission capable 
     rates) and associated costs of, and timelines for, repair.
       (F) A list of damaged United States infrastructure and 
     facilities, including a description of the source of damage, 
     extent of damage, location, mission impacted by damage, and 
     estimated cost of, and timeline for, repair.
       (G) An accounting of wounded-in-action rates, associated 
     costs of medical care, resulting disability rates, and an 
     assessment of the manner in which such wounded-in-action 
     rates impact unit readiness rates.
       (H) A list of each unit that has experienced casualties, 
     organized in descending order by number of casualties.
       (3) Form.--A report under this subsection shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified 
     annex.
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