S.Amdt. 3130

SA 3130. Mr. SCOTT of Florida submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed by him to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for
fiscal year 2026 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 D of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1248. MODIFICATION OF PROHIBITION ON PARTICIPATION OF
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA IN RIM OF THE
PACIFIC (RIMPAC) NAVAL EXERCISES.

Section 1259 of the John S. McCain National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232;
10 U.S.C. 321 note) is amended--
(1) by striking subsection (b);
(2) in subsection (a)--
(A) by redesignating paragraph (2) as subsection (b) and
moving such subsection, as so redesignated, two ems to the
left;
(B) by striking ``Conditions for Future Participation in
RIMPAC'' and all that follows through ``The Secretary'' and
inserting ``In General.--The Secretary''; and

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(C) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (D) as
paragraphs (1) through (4) and moving such paragraphs, as so
redesignated, two ems to the left; and
(3) in subsection (b), as redesignated by paragraph (2)(A),
by striking ``paragraph (1)'' and inserting ``subsection
(a)''.
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