[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S3337]
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  SA 6141. Mr. VAN HOLLEN 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 E of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1271. PROHIBITION ON SALE, EXPORT, OR TRANSFER OF MAJOR 
                   DEFENSE EQUIPMENT TO CERTAIN COUNTRIES.

       (a) In General.--No sale, export, or transfer of major 
     defense equipment (as defined in section 47 of the Arms 
     Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2794)) may be provided to any 
     country that the President identifies as supporting the Rapid 
     Support Forces or the Sudanese Armed Forces through provision 
     of materiel or other resources or equipment.
       (b) Waiver.--The President may waive the prohibition under 
     subsection (a) on a case-by-case basis if the President--
       (1) determines such a waiver is vital to the national 
     interests of the United States; and
       (2) not more than 15 days after issuing the waiver, submits 
     to the appropriate congressional committees a notification of 
     the waiver and a detailed description and justification for 
     the utilization of the waiver.
       (c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and
       (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate.
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