S.Amdt. 3350

SA 3350. Ms. COLLINS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her 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 F of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1067. REGULATIONS ON OPTIONAL COMBAT BOOTS WORN AS PART
OF REQUIRED UNIFORMS.

(a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
issue regulations prohibiting any member of the Armed Forces
from wearing optional combat boots as part of a required
uniform unless the optional combat boots are--
(1) entirely manufactured in the United States; and
(2) entirely made of--
(A) materials grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced in
the United States; and
(B) components that are manufactured entirely in the United
States and made of materials described in subparagraph (A).
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``Armed Forces'' has the meaning given the
term ``armed forces'' in section 101(a) of title 10, United
States Code.
(2) The term ``optional combat boots'' means combat boots
not furnished to a member by the Secretary of Defense.
(3) The term ``required uniform'' means a uniform that a
member is required to wear in the performance of official
duties.
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