- Record: Senate Floor
- Section type: Amendments
- Chamber: Senate
- Date: June 24, 2026
- Congress: 119th Congress
- Why this source matters: This section came from the Senate floor portion of the record.
SA 6091. 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 appropriate place in title X, insert the following:
SEC. . COUNTERING ILLICIT DRUG TRAFFICKING.
(a) Prohibition on Use of Funds.—None of the funds
authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available by
this Act may be used by the Department of Defense to fund
military operations or activities against persons,
facilities, vehicles, or watercraft alleged to be affiliated
with illicit drug trafficking without evidence of narcotics
on such person, facility, vehicle, or watercraft.
(b) Notification Requirement.—Any notification submitted
under section 130f of title 10, United States Code,
associated with a military operation or activity described in
subsection (a) shall include a description of the
intelligence collected to determine the evidence of the
presence of narcotics.
(c) Rule of Construction.—Nothing in this section may be
construed to authorize the use of military force against
persons, facilities, vehicles or watercraft alleged to be
affiliated with illicit drug trafficking except pursuant to a
congressional authorization consistent with section 2(c) of
the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541(c)).