[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3426-S3427]
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  SA 6268. Mr. SCHATZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by

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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 D of title XVIII, add the following:

     SEC. 2873. PROHIBITION OF REPROGRAMMING OF FUNDS TO PAY FOR 
                   DAMAGES FROM IRANIAN STRIKES WITHOUT EXPLICIT 
                   CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL; REPORT ON DAMAGES.

       (a) In General.--None of the amounts authorized to be 
     appropriated by this Act may be reprogrammed to support 
     reconstruction of facilities or installations of the United 
     States or a partner country damaged by Iranian strikes 
     without the explicit authorization in an Act of Congress.
       (b) Report Required.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     submit to the congressional defense committees a report that 
     sets forth a comprehensive assessment of the damage and cost 
     to United States facilities and installations from Iranian 
     strikes during the 2026 conflict with Iran.
       (2) Elements.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall 
     include--
       (A) the estimated costs to rebuild the facilities and 
     installations described in that paragraph as the facilities 
     and installations were before the conflict with Iran;
       (B) an assessment of the need to rebuild those facilities 
     and installations to the same specifications; and
       (C) informed by the demonstrated capabilities of Iranian 
     strikes--
       (i) an initial determination of the resilience of each such 
     facility and installation; and
       (ii) a recommendation with respect to whether the facility 
     or installation should be rebuilt at its existing site, a new 
     location, or not rebuilt.
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