[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3624-S3625]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6512. 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 appropriate place in title XII, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 12___. ANNUAL REPORT.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Saving 
     Lives and Taxpayer Dollars Act''.
       (b) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter through 
     December 31, 2030, the Secretary of State, in coordination 
     with the head of the relevant Federal department or agency 
     responsible for administering assistance under part I of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) or 
     under the Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83-480; 7 U.S.C. 
     1721 et seq) shall submit a report to the appropriate 
     congressional committees that describes any foreign 
     assistance product or commodity that, despite all reasonable 
     efforts to prevent contamination, spoilage, or expiration or, 
     having reached the end of a product's useful life under the 
     laws of the United States or of the recipient country, was 
     destroyed during the reporting period.
       (c) Contents.--The report required under subsection (b) 
     shall include, for each product or commodity that was 
     contaminated, spoiled, expired, or reached the end of its 
     useful life and was destroyed--
       (1) a description of the reasonable efforts made to prevent 
     waste and ensure the product or commodity reached the 
     intended beneficiaries;
       (2) the reason the product or commodity could not be made 
     available to the intended beneficiaries, including a 
     description of any relevant domestic laws or regulations of 
     the intended beneficiary country that impeded or prohibited 
     the delivery, donation or sale of such product or commodity 
     prior to its spoilage, expiration date, or the date on which 
     the product reached the end of its useful life;
       (3) the purpose of the product or commodity and the 
     geographic locations of the intended beneficiaries of such 
     product or commodity;
       (4) the procured and market value of the products or 
     commodity; and
       (5) the cost incurred to destroy the product or commodity, 
     as applicable.
       (d) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;
       (B) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;
       (C) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives; and
       (D) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (2) Foreign assistance product or commodity.--The term 
     ``foreign assistance product or commodity'' means any product 
     or commodity provided by the United States Government under 
     part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 
     et seq.) or under the Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83-480; 
     7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.), including food, specialized nutrition 
     products, medicines, vaccines, and medical supplies and 
     devices that are procured, acquired, managed, controlled, or 
     held in warehouse, ships, shipping

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     containers, or any other storage facility, by the United 
     States Government or an implementing partner of the United 
     States Government.
       (3) Reporting period.--The term ``reporting period'' 
     means--
       (A) with respect to the initial report required under 
     subsection (b), the period beginning on the date of the 
     enactment of this Act and ending on the date on which such 
     report is submitted to the appropriate congressional 
     committees; and
       (B) with respect to all subsequent reports required under 
     subsection (b), the period beginning on the day after the 
     date on which the prior report was submitted pursuant to 
     subsection (b) and ending on the date on which the next 
     report is submitted.
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