[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S3343]
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  SA 6155. Mr. GALLEGO 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 B of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1218. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO RECOGNIZE IRANIAN 
                   AUTHORITY TO RESTRICT COMMERCIAL NAVIGATION 
                   THROUGH THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ.

       (a) In General.--None of the funds authorized to be 
     appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available to the 
     Department of Defense may be obligated or expended to 
     implement, facilitate, or enforce any agreement, arrangement, 
     understanding, or commitment entered into by the United 
     States Government that recognizes, authorizes, or permits the 
     Government of Iran, or any Iranian entity, to impose tolls, 
     transit fees, permitting requirements, or other restrictions 
     on commercial navigation through the Strait of Hormuz.
       (b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be 
     construed to prohibit--
       (1) United States freedom of navigation operations 
     conducted in the Strait of Hormuz;
       (2) United States military or diplomatic personnel from 
     participating in any activity the purpose of which is to 
     affirmatively oppose, contest, or eliminate any toll, fee, 
     permitting requirement, or other restriction on commercial 
     navigation through the Strait of Hormuz imposed or claimed by 
     any country or entity; or
       (3) the United States from defending itself from an armed 
     attack or threat of an imminent armed attack.
       (c) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term 
     ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs of the Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Financial Services of 
     the House of Representatives.
       (2) Arrangement.--The term ``arrangement'' means any 
     treaty, memorandum of understanding, executive arrangement, 
     political understanding, or oral commitment, regardless of 
     whether treated as legally binding.
       (3) Iranian entity.--The term ``Iranian entity'' means--
       (A) any entity owned or controlled by the Government of 
     Iran or the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps;
       (B) the Persian Gulf Strait Authority (or any successor 
     entity); and
       (C) any joint venture or multilateral mechanism in which 
     Iran holds fee or administrative authority over navigation of 
     the Strait of Hormuz, regardless of other participants.
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