[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S3615]
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  SA 6498. Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Mr. Tillis, and Ms. Murkowski) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her 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 C of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1229A. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO ASSERT CONTROL 
                   OVER ANY MEMBER COUNTRY OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC 
                   TREATY ORGANIZATION.

       (a) In General.--None of the funds authorized to be 
     appropriated by this Act for the Department of Defense may be 
     used to blockade, occupy, annex, conduct military operations 
     against, or otherwise assert control over the sovereign 
     territory of a member country of the North Atlantic Treaty 
     Organization, other than as authorized by such country or the 
     North Atlantic Council.
       (b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be 
     construed to prevent the United States from defending itself 
     or an ally from an armed attack or from a credible threat of 
     an imminent armed attack.
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