[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3660-S3661]
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SA 6528. Mr. RISCH 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 title XII, add the following:
Subtitle F--Vital Infrastructure Guarding Information and Logistics Act
SEC. 1281. SHORT TITLE.
This subtitle may be cited as the ``Vital Infrastructure
Guarding Information and Logistics Act'' or the ``VIGIL
Act''.
SEC. 1282. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO MILITARY,
INTELLIGENCE, AND SPACE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE
WESTERN HEMISPHERE THAT POSES A THREAT TO THE
NATIONAL SECURITY OF THE UNITED STATES.
(a) In General.--The President may impose the sanctions
described in subsection (b) with respect to any foreign
person that the President determines engages in or has
engaged in a significant transaction or transactions, or any
significant dealings with, or has provided material support
to or for military, intelligence, or space infrastructure in
the Western Hemisphere that poses a national security threat
to the United States.
(b) Sanctions Described.--The sanctions described in this
subsection with respect to a foreign person are the
following:
(1) Asset blocking.--The exercise of all powers granted to
the President by the International Emergency Economic Powers
Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary to block
and prohibit all transactions in all property and interests
in property of the foreign person if such property and
interests in property are in the United States, come within
the United States, or are or come within the possession or
control of a United States person.
(2) Exclusion from the united states and revocation of visa
or other documentation.--In the case of a foreign person who
is an alien, denial of a visa to, and exclusion from the
United States of, the alien, and revocation in accordance
with section 221(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1201(i)) of any visa or other documentation of the
alien.
(c) Implementation; Penalties.--
(1) Implementation.--The President shall exercise all
authorities provided under sections 203 and 205 of the
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702
and 1704) to carry out this section.
(2) Penalties.--A person that knowingly violates, attempts
to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of
subsection (b)(1) or any regulation, license, or order issued
to carry out that subsection shall be subject to the
penalties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206
of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C.
1705) to the same extent as a person that commits an unlawful
act described in subsection (a) of that section.
(d) Exceptions.--
(1) Importation of goods.--
(A) In general.--The authorities and requirements to impose
sanctions under this section shall not include the authority
or a requirement to impose sanctions on the importation of
goods.
(B) Good defined.--In this paragraph, the term ``good''
means any article, natural or manmade substance, material,
supply, or manufactured product, including inspection and
test equipment, and excluding technical data.
(2) Compliance with united nations headquarters
agreement.--Sanctions under subsection (b)(2) shall not apply
to an alien if admitting the alien into the United States is
necessary to permit the United States to comply with the
Agreement regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations,
signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force
November 21, 1947, between the United Nations and the United
States, or other applicable international obligations.
(e) Termination of Sanctions.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, this section shall terminate on the date
that is 30 days after the date on which the President
determines and certifies to the appropriate congressional
committees (and Congress has not enacted legislation
disapproving the determination within that 30-day period)
that all military, intelligence, or space infrastructure
described in subsection (a) has been verifiably closed and
dismantled.
(f) Waiver.--
(1) In general.--The President may waive the application of
sanctions under this section with respect to a foreign person
if the President, not later than 10 days before the waiver is
to take effect, determines and certifies to the appropriate
congressional committees that the waiver is in the vital
national security interest of the United States.
(2) Justification.--The President shall include with a
certification submitted under paragraph (1) with respect to a
waiver a detailed justification explaining the reasons for
the waiver.
(g) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Alien.--The term ``alien'' has the meaning given that
term in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1101).
(2) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
``appropriate congressional committees'' includes--
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Select
Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Permanent
Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of
Representatives.
(3) Foreign person.--The term ``foreign person'' means a
person that is not a United States person.
(4) Person.--The term ``person'' means an individual or
entity.
(5) United states person.--The term ``United States
person'' means--
(A) an individual who is a United States citizen or an
alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence to the United
States;
(B) an entity organized under the laws of the United States
or any jurisdiction within the United States, including a
foreign branch of such an entity; or
(C) any person in the United States.
SEC. 1283. REPORT ON EFFORTS BY THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA TO FACILITATE
THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF MILITARY,
INTELLIGENCE, OR SPACE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE
WESTERN HEMISPHERE.
(a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the
Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report describing--
(1) the military, intelligence, and space activities of the
Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of
the People's Republic of China in the Western Hemisphere,
including any facilities used by either such government in
the country hosting those facilities;
(2) the purposes for which either such government conducts
those activities and uses those facilities in the Western
Hemisphere;
(3) the extent to which either such government provides
payment or government credits to the government of any
country hosting
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those facilities for the continued use of those facilities in
the Western Hemisphere; and
(4) any progress toward the verifiable termination of
access by either such government to those facilities and
withdrawal of personnel, including advisers, technicians, and
military personnel, from those facilities.
(b) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be
submitted in unclassified form and shall include a classified
annex.
(c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
includes--
(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Select
Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Permanent
Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of
Representatives.
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