[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S3616]
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  SA 6501. Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
Moran, and Mr. Husted) 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. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
                   WITHDRAWAL OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES FROM 
                   EASTERN EUROPE.

       (a) In General.--None of the funds authorized to be 
     appropriated by this Act may be obligated or expended for the 
     withdrawal of the United States Armed Forces from Estonia, 
     Latvia, or Lithuania or from the multinational battle groups 
     in eastern member countries of the North Atlantic Treaty 
     Organization (including Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, and 
     Romania), except as required for routine rotational 
     movements, while maintaining not fewer than the number of 
     forces and the types of capabilities present in such 
     countries as of January 1, 2025, until the date that is 180 
     days after the date on which the Secretary of Defense and the 
     Secretary of State jointly submit to the appropriate 
     committees of Congress a report on whether the following 
     conditions have been met:
       (1) The Russian Federation has withdrawn its military 
     forces from occupied territories in Ukraine, Georgia, and 
     Moldova.
       (2) The Russian Federation no longer has ambitions to 
     control territory of sovereign neighbors in its near abroad.
       (3) The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State 
     have appropriately consulted with the leaders of such 
     multinational battlegroups and with the governments of each 
     member country of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization with 
     respect to such withdrawal of the United States Armed Forces.
       (b) Report for Conditions Not Met.--If, in a report 
     submitted under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense and 
     the Secretary of State indicate that a condition set forth in 
     any of paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (a) has not 
     been met, not later than 30 days after the date of such 
     submission, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of 
     State shall jointly submit to the appropriate committees of 
     Congress a report that includes the following:
       (1) A description of the manner in which United States 
     national security interests in the regions of Europe and 
     Eurasia are being protected.
       (2) A description of the manner in which the security of 
     member countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is 
     being protected.
       (3) A detailed description of the manner in which the 
     United States is supporting the security of the Baltic 
     countries and other eastern member countries of the North 
     Atlantic Treaty Organization.
       (c) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Appropriations, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
     Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Appropriations, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
     House of Representatives.
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