S.Amdt. 3772

SA 3772. Mrs. SHAHEEN 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 C of title XII, add the following::

SEC. 1230B. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR
WITHDRAWAL OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES FROM
EASTERN EUROPE.

(a) In General.--None of the funds authorized to be
appropriated by this Act may be obligated or expended for the
withdrawal of the United States Armed Forces from
multinational battle groups in eastern member countries of
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, including Bulgaria,
Hungary, Poland, and Romania, except as required for routine
rotational movements, while maintaining not fewer than the
number of forces and the types of capabilities present in
such countries as of January 1, 2025, until the date that is
180 days after the date on which the Secretary of Defense and
the Secretary of State jointly submit to the appropriate
committees of Congress a report that indicates whether the
following conditions have been met:
(1) The Russian Federation has withdrawn its military
forces from occupied territories in Ukraine, Georgia, and
Moldova.
(2) The Russian Federation no longer has ambitions to
control territory of sovereign neighbors in its near abroad.
(3) The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State
have appropriately consulted with the leaders of such
multinational battlegroups and with the governments of each
member country of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization with
respect to such withdrawal of the United States Armed Forces.
(b) Subsequent Report.--In the case of a report under
subsection (a) indicating that the conditions described in
that subsection have not been met, not later than 30 days

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after the date on which such report is submitted, the
Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State shall jointly
submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report
that describes the manner in which--
(1) United States national security interests in the
regions of Europe and Eurasia are being protected; and
(2) the security interests of United States allies that are
members countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
are being protected.
(c) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress''
means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Appropriations, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the
Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Appropriations, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the
House of Representatives.
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