[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S3261]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6049. Mr. PADILLA 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 appropriate place in title III, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 3__. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR OIL AND GAS 
                   AGREEMENTS AFFECTING RANGES AND OPERATING AREAS 
                   LOCATED OFF THE COAST OF FLORIDA OR CALIFORNIA.

       (a) In General.--None of the funds authorized to be 
     appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for the 
     Department of Defense for fiscal year 2027 may be used to 
     enter into an agreement or make a determination in connection 
     with oil and gas on the Outer Continental Shelf that would 
     constrain access by the Armed Forces to a range or operating 
     area located off the coast of Florida or California, unless 
     the Secretary of Defense certifies to the congressional 
     defense committees that the agreement or determination will 
     not have a significant adverse effect on training, testing, 
     or operations of the Armed Forces in such range or operating 
     area.
       (b) Elements.--A certification under subsection (a) shall 
     include each of the following:
       (1) An identification of the scope of test and training 
     events of the Armed Forces conducted in ranges and operating 
     areas located off the coasts of California and Florida.
       (2) An identification of any comparable testing and 
     training areas, within and outside of the United States and 
     its territories, that can replicate the capabilities of the 
     ranges and operating areas located off the coasts of 
     California and Florida.
       (3) During the 10-year period preceding the date of the 
     submission of the certification, the number of test events, 
     exercises, and military operations conducted by the Armed 
     Forces in ranges and operating areas located off the coasts 
     of California and Florida, disaggregated by calendar year.
       (4) An assessment of the extent to which the Armed Forces 
     would be unable to meet training and test requirements 
     necessary to be prepared to support operational plans if 
     access to ranges and operating areas off the coasts of 
     California and Florida were reduced or constrained due to oil 
     and gas activities.
       (5) An assessment of the degree to which the Military 
     Aviation and Installation Assurance Siting Clearinghouse 
     established under section 183a of title 10, United States 
     Code, and the Secretary of each military department were 
     consulted during the permitting processes relating to oil and 
     gas activities, including--
       (A) a description of how oil and gas activities could 
     negatively affect the mission of the Armed Forces and any 
     proposed mitigations for identified negative effects; and
       (B) an identification of any instance in which the 
     Secretary, the Secretary of a military department, or another 
     official of the Department of Defense recommended against oil 
     and gas activities within a range or operating area located 
     off the cost of California or Florida.
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