[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S3335]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6136. Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself and Mr. Durbin) 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 in title XXVIII, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 28__. PROHIBITION ON USE OF MILITARY CONSTRUCTION FUNDS 
                   TO DETAIN MIGRANTS.

       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 
     funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act for military construction purposes may 
     be used to construct, renovate, or expand any facility for 
     the purposes of detention of migrants by the Department of 
     Defense or to facilitate detention of migrants by the 
     Department of Homeland Security, including by housing 
     personnel of the Department of Homeland Security.
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