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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSA 5959. Mr. KAINE 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 E of title XII, add the following:
SEC. 1271. FULL FUNDING OF NATIONAL SECURITY PRIORITIES.
(a) Findings.—Congress finds the following:
(1) A report issued by the Department of State in 2023
identified a $41,300,000,000 gap between the resources made
available to the Department of State and relevant Federal
agencies and the resources required to effectively counter
the People's Republic of China in the Indo-Pacific region.
(2) The People's Republic of China (PRC) has provided some
$2,200,000,000,000 in grants and loans to more than 200
countries between 2000 and 2023.
(3) Through its development banks, the People's Republic of
China is the world's largest provider of development finance.
(b) Sense of Congress.—It is the sense of Congress that—
(1) the United States is a beacon of democracy and freedom
in an increasingly fraught world;
(2) the Department of State, as a critical national
security agency, must be appropriately staffed and resourced
at a time when geopolitical rivals, including the People's
Republic of China, are rapidly expanding their global
diplomatic presences; and
(3) it is imperative to empower the Department of State and
relevant Federal agencies to ensure the United States can—
(A) effectively advance the national security interests of
the United States;
(B) maintain United States technological competitiveness;
and
(C) respond with flexibility to metastasizing global
threats.
(c) Annual Report.—
(1) Definitions.—In this section:
(A) Appropriate congressional committees.—The term
“appropriate congressional committees” means—
(i) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate; and
(ii) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
(B) Unfunded priorities.—The term “unfunded priority”,
with respect to a fiscal year, means a program, activity, or
mission requirement of an element of the Department of State
or another relevant Federal agency that—
(i) is not funded in the budget for such fiscal year
submitted by the President to Congress pursuant to section
1105 of title 31, United States Code;
(ii) is necessary to fulfill a foreign policy or national
security objective or to satisfy an information requirement
associated with a goal or objective outlined in the Agency
Strategic Plan or prior year Joint Strategic Plans agreed
upon by the Department of State and relevant Federal
agencies; and
(iii) would have been recommended for funding by the
Secretary of State or the leadership of relevant Federal
agencies if—
(I) additional resources had been available for such budget
to fund such program, activity, or mission requirement; or
(II) the program, activity, or mission requirement has
emerged since such budget was formulated.
(2) Reporting requirement.—Not later than 10 days after
the date on which the budget for any fiscal year is submitted
by the President to Congress, the Secretary of State, in
consultation with the leadership of relevant Federal
agencies, shall prepare and submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report on the unfunded priorities
of the programs under the jurisdiction of the Secretary.
(3) Elements.—
(A) In general.—Each report submitted to Congress pursuant
to paragraph (2) shall include, with respect to each unfunded
priority covered by such report—
(i) a summary description of such priority, including the
objectives to be achieved if such priority is funded (whether
in whole or in part);
(ii) the additional amount of funds recommended to be made
available to achieve the objectives referred to in clause
(i); and
(iii) budget information with respect to such priority,
including—
(I) the appropriation account;
(II) the expenditure center; and
(III) the project and, if applicable, any subprojects.
(B) Prioritization.—Each report submitted to Congress
pursuant to paragraph (2) shall present the unfunded
priorities covered by such report in overall order of urgency
of priority among unfunded priorities.