[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 105 (Tuesday, June 23, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3119-S3120]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5983. Mr. GRAHAM (for himself and Mr. Whitehouse) 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 C of title VIII, add the following:

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     SEC. 850. REQUIREMENT FOR COAST GUARD TO BUY CERTAIN ARTICLES 
                   FROM AMERICAN SOURCES.

       (a) In General.--Section 4862 of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``Department of 
     Defense'' and inserting ``Department of Defense or any branch 
     of the armed forces'';
       (2) in subsection (c), by striking ``the Secretary of the 
     military department concerned'' and inserting ``the Secretary 
     concerned'';
       (3) in subsection (g)--
       (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``Department of Defense'' 
     and inserting ``Department of Defense or any branch of the 
     armed forces'';
       (B) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ``The Secretary of 
     Defense'' and inserting ``The Secretary of Defense or, with 
     respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a 
     service in the Navy, the Secretary of Homeland Security'';
       (4) in subsection (h)--
       (A) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ``Secretary of 
     Defense'' and inserting ``Secretary of Defense or, with 
     respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a 
     service in the Navy, the Secretary of Homeland Security''; 
     and
       (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``Secretary of Defense'' 
     and inserting ``Secretary of Defense, in consultation with 
     the Secretary of Homeland Security,''; and
       (5) in subsection (k), by striking ``or of the military 
     department concerned'' and inserting ``or the Secretary 
     concerned''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall take effect on the date that is three years after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act.
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