[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 128 (Wednesday, August 5, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4479-S4480]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6743. Mr. KELLY 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 appropriate place in title XI, insert the following:

     SEC. 11__. LIMITATION ON EXECUTIVE ORDER 14251 RELATING TO 
                   EXCLUSIONS FROM FEDERAL LABOR-MANAGEMENT 
                   RELATIONS PROGRAMS.

       (a) In General.--None of the funds authorized to be 
     appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for the 
     Department of Defense for fiscal year 2027 may be used to 
     implement Executive Order 14251, issued on March 27, 2025, 
     relating to exclusions from Federal labor-management 
     relations programs, or any successor or substantially similar 
     authority.

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       (b) Collective Bargaining Agreements.--Any collective 
     bargaining agreement between any labor organization and the 
     Department of Defense or any subcomponent of the Department, 
     which was in effect as of March 26, 2025, and which has since 
     been terminated pursuant to Executive Order 14251 or any sub-
     regulatory policy or guidance issued pursuant to Executive 
     Order 14251 by the Department or any of its subcomponents, 
     shall be restored and shall have full force and effect 
     through the stated term of the applicable agreement, 
     including any continuation pending the negotiation of a 
     successor agreement.
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