[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S3479]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6361. Mr. BOOKER (for himself and Mr. Schatz) 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 A of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 508. CONTEMPORANEOUS DOCUMENTATION OF DECISIONS TO DELAY 
                   OR WITHHOLD PROMOTIONS.

       The Secretary of Defense shall document any decision to 
     delay or withhold a military officer promotion selected by a 
     promotion board in a written memorandum justification that 
     shall include the specific basis for such action at the time 
     the action is taken.
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