[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 105 (Tuesday, June 23, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3141-S3142]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6007. Mr. CORNYN (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 G of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1094. REVOCATION OF SECURITY CLEARANCES FOR CERTAIN 
                   PERSONS.

       (a) Prohibition.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, the Secretary of Defense shall suspend or revoke a 
     security clearance or eligibility for access to classified 
     information for any retired or separated member of the Armed 
     Forces or civilian employee of the Department of Defense who 
     engages in an activity described in subsection (b).

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       (b) Activities Described.--The activities described in this 
     subsection are lobbying activities or lobbying contacts for 
     or on behalf of any entity that is--
       (1) identified by the Secretary of Defense in the most 
     recent report submitted under section 1260H of the William M. 
     (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2021 (10 U.S.C. 113 note) as a Chinese military 
     company; or
       (2) included in the Non-SDN Chinese Military-Industrial 
     Complex Companies List published by the Department of the 
     Treasury.
       (c) Waiver.--The Secretary of Defense may, for periods not 
     to exceed 180 days, waive the application of the prohibition 
     in subsection (a) for an individual if the Secretary 
     certifies to the congressional defense committees that doing 
     so is in the national security interest of the United States.
       (d) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) The term ``lobbying activities'' has the meaning given 
     such term in section 3 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 
     (2 U.S.C. 1602).
       (2) The term ``lobbying contact'' has the meaning given 
     such term in section 3 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 
     (2 U.S.C. 1602), except that clause (iv) of paragraph 
     (8)(B)(iv) of such section shall not apply.
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