S.Amdt. 3655

SA 3655. Mr. CRUZ 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:

Beginning on page 1372, strike line 20 and all that follows
through page 1373, line 6, and insert the following:

SEC. 3116. PROTECTION OF CERTAIN NUCLEAR FACILITIES AND
ASSETS FROM UNMANNED AIRCRAFT.

Section 4510(e)(1) of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50
U.S.C. 2661(e)(1)) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (C) as
subparagraphs (B) through (D), respectively;
(2) by inserting after the matter preceding subparagraph
(B), as so redesignated, the following new subparagraph (A):
``(A) identified by the Secretary of Energy, in
consultation with the Secretary of Transportation with
respect to potentially impacted airspace, through a risk-
based assessment for the purposes of this section;''; and
(3) by striking subparagraph (D), as so redesignated, and
inserting the following:
``(D)(i) owned by or contracted to the National Nuclear
Security Administration, including any facility that stores
or uses special nuclear material; or
``(ii) a national security laboratory or nuclear weapons
production facility.''.
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