S.Amdt. 4274

SA 4274. Mrs. SHAHEEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the bill H.R. 7148, making further consolidated
appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in title VII of division E, insert
the following:

SEC. ___. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.

(a) In General.--None of the funds appropriated or
otherwise made available by this Act or any other Act with
respect to any fiscal year may be used to blockade, occupy,
annex, conduct military operations against, or otherwise
assert control over the sovereign territory of a member state
of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), other than
as authorized by that NATO member state or the North Atlantic
Council.
(b) Rule of Construction.-- Nothing in this section shall
be construed to prevent the United States from defending
itself or an ally from an armed attack or from a credible
threat of an imminent armed attack.
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