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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSA 6049. Mr. PADILLA 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 appropriate place in title III, insert the
following:
SEC. 3__. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR OIL AND GAS
AGREEMENTS AFFECTING RANGES AND OPERATING AREAS
LOCATED OFF THE COAST OF FLORIDA OR CALIFORNIA.
(a) In General.—None of the funds authorized to be
appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for the
Department of Defense for fiscal year 2027 may be used to
enter into an agreement or make a determination in connection
with oil and gas on the Outer Continental Shelf that would
constrain access by the Armed Forces to a range or operating
area located off the coast of Florida or California, unless
the Secretary of Defense certifies to the congressional
defense committees that the agreement or determination will
not have a significant adverse effect on training, testing,
or operations of the Armed Forces in such range or operating
area.
(b) Elements.—A certification under subsection (a) shall
include each of the following:
(1) An identification of the scope of test and training
events of the Armed Forces conducted in ranges and operating
areas located off the coasts of California and Florida.
(2) An identification of any comparable testing and
training areas, within and outside of the United States and
its territories, that can replicate the capabilities of the
ranges and operating areas located off the coasts of
California and Florida.
(3) During the 10-year period preceding the date of the
submission of the certification, the number of test events,
exercises, and military operations conducted by the Armed
Forces in ranges and operating areas located off the coasts
of California and Florida, disaggregated by calendar year.
(4) An assessment of the extent to which the Armed Forces
would be unable to meet training and test requirements
necessary to be prepared to support operational plans if
access to ranges and operating areas off the coasts of
California and Florida were reduced or constrained due to oil
and gas activities.
(5) An assessment of the degree to which the Military
Aviation and Installation Assurance Siting Clearinghouse
established under section 183a of title 10, United States
Code, and the Secretary of each military department were
consulted during the permitting processes relating to oil and
gas activities, including—
(A) a description of how oil and gas activities could
negatively affect the mission of the Armed Forces and any
proposed mitigations for identified negative effects; and
(B) an identification of any instance in which the
Secretary, the Secretary of a military department, or another
official of the Department of Defense recommended against oil
and gas activities within a range or operating area located
off the cost of California or Florida.