S.Amdt. 5983

SA 5983. Mr. GRAHAM (for himself and Mr. Whitehouse) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 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 VIII, add the following:

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SEC. 850. REQUIREMENT FOR COAST GUARD TO BUY CERTAIN ARTICLES
FROM AMERICAN SOURCES.

(a) In General.--Section 4862 of title 10, United States
Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ``Department of
Defense'' and inserting ``Department of Defense or any branch
of the armed forces'';
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ``the Secretary of the
military department concerned'' and inserting ``the Secretary
concerned'';
(3) in subsection (g)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``Department of Defense''
and inserting ``Department of Defense or any branch of the
armed forces'';
(B) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ``The Secretary of
Defense'' and inserting ``The Secretary of Defense or, with
respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a
service in the Navy, the Secretary of Homeland Security'';
(4) in subsection (h)--
(A) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ``Secretary of
Defense'' and inserting ``Secretary of Defense or, with
respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a
service in the Navy, the Secretary of Homeland Security'';
and
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``Secretary of Defense''
and inserting ``Secretary of Defense, in consultation with
the Secretary of Homeland Security,''; and
(5) in subsection (k), by striking ``or of the military
department concerned'' and inserting ``or the Secretary
concerned''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section
shall take effect on the date that is three years after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
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