[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S3615]
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  SA 6497. Mrs. SHAHEEN 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. CLASSIFIED BRIEFINGS ON THE POLICY OF THE UNITED 
                   STATES ON THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY 
                   ORGANIZATION.

       (a) In General.--Not later than June 30, 2027, and again 
     not later than December 15, 2027, the Under Secretary of 
     Defense for Policy for the Department of Defense and the 
     Under Secretary of Political Affairs for the Department of 
     State shall jointly provide the Committee on Armed Services 
     and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 
     Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign 
     Affairs of the House of Representatives with a classified 
     briefing on the policy of the United States on the North 
     Atlantic Treaty Organization, including with respect to--
       (1) the implementation of the national defense strategy as 
     it relates to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the 
     United States European Command;
       (2) recent changes in United States force posture and 
     anticipated changes in United States force posture within the 
     area of responsibility of the United States European Command;
       (3) progress made by the United States Government in 
     meeting the five percent defense spending commitment, as 
     agreed to by all allies at the 2025 Hague Summit, including 
     efforts to meet the 1.5 percent investment in infrastructure 
     and resilience, and a description expenses that qualify 
     toward meeting such commitment; and
       (4) United States policy coordination on relevant policy 
     issues, including hybrid warfare, cyber, space, technology, 
     nonproliferation, and innovation.
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