[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 113 (Monday, July 13, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S3820]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6614. Ms. DUCKWORTH 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 A of title XXVIII, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 2807. PROHIBITION ON USE OF MILITARY CONSTRUCTION FUNDS 
                   TO DETAIN MIGRANTS.

       None of the funds authorized to be appropriated or 
     otherwise made available by this Act for military 
     construction purposes may be used to construct, renovate, or 
     expand any facility for the purposes of detention of migrants 
     by the Department of Defense or to facilitate detention of 
     migrants by the Department of Homeland Security, including by 
     housing personnel of the Department of Homeland Security.
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