[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 113 (Monday, July 13, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S3856]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6649. Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself and Mr. Hagerty) 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 E of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1271. INDO-PACIFIC ENERGY RESILIENCE.

       (a) Authorization.--The Secretary of State, in coordination 
     with the Secretary of Energy, is authorized to engage with 
     relevant United States Government authorities and foreign 
     government counterparts to identify Indo-Pacific countries 
     with energy vulnerabilities as a result of disruptions to 
     global energy markets or maritime energy transit routes that 
     could compel increased energy imports from countries of 
     concern.
       (b) Promotion of Energy Diversification.--The Secretary of 
     State, in coordination with the Secretary of Energy, shall 
     prioritize efforts to help Indo-Pacific countries diversify 
     existing energy sources and explore all viable, cost-
     effective alternatives to energy imports from countries of 
     concern.
       (c) Opportunities to Build Indo-Pacific Energy 
     Resilience.--The Secretary of State, in coordination with the 
     Secretary of Energy, shall identify opportunities to 
     strengthen the domestic energy resilience and efficiency, 
     energy security, and energy-sector capabilities of relevant 
     countries in the Indo-Pacific.
       (d) Annual Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
     of the enactment of the Act, and annually thereafter for 3 
     years, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the 
     Secretary of Energy, shall submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees a report that describes--
       (1) actions taken to implement the efforts described in 
     subsection (b);
       (2) barriers to energy diversification for the identified 
     Indo-Pacific countries from countries of concern and what 
     steps were taken to help address barriers;
       (3) whether efforts have produced or will lead to viable 
     alternatives to energy for foreign countries to consider that 
     are not from countries of concern; and
       (4) opportunities to bolster domestic energy resilience and 
     efficiency in the Indo-Pacific region.
       (e) 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 Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives;
       (C) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 
     Senate;
       (D) the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
     Representatives; and
       (E) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (2) Countries of concern.--The term ``countries of 
     concern'' has the meaning given the term in section 4872(f) 
     of title 10, United States Code, which, as of the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, means--
       (A) the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea;
       (B) the People's Republic of China;
       (C) the Russian Federation; and
       (D) the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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