S.Amdt. 3497

SA 3497. Mr. VAN HOLLEN 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 B of title IX, add the following:

SEC. 923. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON CIVILIAN PROTECTION CENTER OF
EXCELLENCE.

It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the Department of Defense is required by section 184 of
title 10, United States Code, to operate the Civilian
Protection Center of Excellence and maintain sufficient
resources and staff for the Center to pursue its purpose as
set forth in that section;
(2) the Department of Defense is not permitted to
disestablish, dismantle, or cease functional operation of the
Civilian Protection Center of Excellence without an Act of
Congress authorizing such actions; and
(3) actions to disestablish, dismantle, or cease functional
operation of the Civilian Protection Center of Excellence
would be inconsistent with the intent of Congress and the
rule of law.
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