S.Amdt. 3284

SA 3284. Mr. MURPHY 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 appropriate place in title XV, insert the following:

SEC. 15__. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR SPACE-
BASED INTERCEPTOR DEVELOPMENT.

(a) Limitation.--None of the funds authorized to be
appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for
fiscal year 2026 for space-based interceptor development may
be obligated or expended to carry out any space-based
interceptor development until the Secretary of Defense
submits to the congressional defense committees the report
described in subsection (b).
(b) Report.--The report described in this subsection is a
report that--
(1) outlines the specific elements, goals, procurement and
research and development

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plans, and comprehensive cost estimates for the architecture
of the Golden Dome missile defense system;
(2) provides an analysis of the technical feasibility of a
comprehensive missile defense shield to protect the entire
United States homeland; and
(3) details the recusal requirements, contracting
safeguards, and oversight and accountability mechanisms in
place to ensure the program's rapid rollout does not allow
for conflicts of interest, corrupt business dealings, or
biased decisionmaking processes.
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