[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 113 (Monday, July 13, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3888-S3889]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6659. Mr. SCHATZ 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:


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        At the end of subtitle D of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 343. REPORT ON EXPOSURE OF INSTALLATIONS OF THE UNITED 
                   STATES AT RISK IN THE PERSIAN GULF.

       (a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in 
     coordination with the Secretary of State as necessary, shall 
     submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report 
     analyzing the risk exposure of installations of the United 
     States in the Persian Gulf to attacks from both state and 
     non-state actors, including specific analysis on 
     vulnerabilities to attack from the Islamic Republic of Iran.
       (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
     include the following:
       (1) A comprehensive battle damage assessment of how 
     installations of the United States were impacted by Iranian 
     drone and ballistic missile attacks during United States-Iran 
     engagements in 2026, including--
       (A) a cost estimate of damages;
       (B) a description of enduring damages that have impacted 
     readiness of United States force posture in the region to 
     date; and
       (C) an assessment of remaining vulnerabilities to similar 
     attacks that caused damages at those installations.
       (2) An assessment of--
       (A) hardening of sites that were struck that needs to take 
     place;
       (B) measures that were taken to sufficiently prepare those 
     sites for the strikes they endured; and
       (C) impacts to future operation of those sites if certain 
     hardening requirements are not met.
       (3) An assessment of what capabilities are available to 
     sufficiently address waves of drones attacks on facilities of 
     the United States and a cost estimate of implementing 
     countermeasures across such facilities in the Persian Gulf, 
     including any costs expected to be covered by host nations 
     and what the share of the cost should be.
       (4) An assessment conducted jointly between the Secretary 
     of Defense and the Secretary of State that assess any impacts 
     to bilateral relations between the United State and nations 
     hosting installations of the United States as a result of the 
     targeting of those installations by the Islamic Republic of 
     Iran, including an assessment of what host nations are 
     considering as benefits to their long-term security 
     relationship with the United States and concerns regarding 
     any liabilities from hosting those installations.
       (c) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form but shall include a classified 
     annex.
       (d) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
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