[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S3532]
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SA 6404. Mr. WELCH 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 section 1217, add the following:
(c) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect upon
certification by the Secretary of Defense, in collaboration
with the Secretary of State and the Director of National
Intelligence, that the military and security forces of the
Government of Israel have not, during the three years
preceding the date of the enactment of this Act, engaged in
wanton destruction of civilian infrastructure, crimes against
humanity, or ethnic cleansing in Lebanon, Gaza, the West
Bank, or any other geographic area that came under the
administration of the Government of Israel after June 5,
1967.
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