[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S3676]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6542. Mrs. CAPITO (for herself and Mr. Whitehouse) 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 G of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1___. SENSE OF CONGRESS RELATING TO THE CORPS OF 
                   ENGINEERS.

       It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the Corps of Engineers provides critical support to 
     communities across the nation through the Civil Works mission 
     of the agency; and
       (2) enactment of biennial water resources development 
     legislation is necessary to ensure the timely authorization 
     of water resources development studies and projects carried 
     out by the Corps of Engineers.
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