[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3531-S3532]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6402. Mr. WELCH (for himself and Mr. Durbin) 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 X, add the following:

     SEC. 1006. PROHIBITION AGAINST USING DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
                   FUNDING TO SUPPORT DOMESTIC IMMIGRATION 
                   ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS.

       No amounts appropriated or otherwise made available to the 
     Department of Defense may be used to enter into any new 
     contract or agreement or to renew any existing contract or 
     agreement if the primary purpose of such contract or 
     agreement is expeditionary logistics, contingency 
     contracting, base operations support, theater opening or 
     sustainment contracting, or operational contract support, for 
     the purpose of supporting

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     domestic immigration enforcement operations of the Department 
     of Homeland Security.
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