S.Amdt. 3308Senate119th Congress (2025-2027)

S.Amdt. 3308

Sponsored by Mike LeeSen. Mike Lee (R-UT)
Submitted July 31, 2025

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Senate amendment submitted

July 31, 2025

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Submitted

SA 3308. Mr. LEE 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, insert the following:

SEC. __. DEFINITION OF UNFORESEEN EMERGENCY FOR PURPOSES OF
PRESIDENTIAL DRAWDOWN AUTHORITY.

Section 506(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22
U.S.C. 2318(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following
new paragraph:
``(4) In this subsection, the term `unforeseen emergency'
means a direct kinetic attack--
``(A) on a bilateral or multilateral treaty ally of the
United States, undetected or reasonably unforeseen by United
States intelligence assessments, by an adversary of the
United States; and
``(B) that poses a direct or imminent threat to United
States security interests, as outlined in the most recent
national defense strategy of the United States.''.
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