[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 105 (Tuesday, June 23, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S3124]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5999. Ms. HIRONO 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 end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1__. SENSE OF CONGRESS RELATING TO CONTRACTING 
                   PREFERENCES FOR NATIVE AMERICAN BUSINESSES.

       It is the sense of Congress that the Department of Defense 
     shall uphold the obligation of the Department to implement 
     Federal contracting preference programs for entity-owned 
     Native American businesses, including businesses owned by 
     Tribal organizations, Alaska Native Corporations, and Native 
     Hawaiian organizations, including through the business 
     development program under section 8(a) of the Small Business 
     Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)).
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