- 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 6138. Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself and Mr. Durbin) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her 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. __. REPORT ON DOMESTIC DEPLOYMENTS.
(a) In General.—None of the funds authorized to be
appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for
fiscal year 2027 may be obligated or expended for any
domestic deployment of members of the Armed Forces until the
Secretary of Defense submits to the congressional defense
committees a report on the manner in which the domestic
deployments of members of the Armed Forces since January 20,
2025, affect the military readiness of the Armed Forces,
except such obligations and expenditures for—
(1) deployments along the southwest border of the United
States;
(2) deployments in response to the request or explicit
consent of the governor of the destination State;
(3) deployments in response to the request or explicit
consent of the Chief Executive of an Indian Tribal Government
of the tribal land to which the Armed Forces are deployed; or
(4) deployments to the District of Columbia in response to
the request or explicit consent of the Mayor of the District
of Columbia.
(b) Elements.—The report referred to in subsection (a)
shall include, with respect to such operations and
activities, the following elements:
(1) A detailed assessment and evaluation of the authorities
used for each domestic deployment.
(2) A list of domestic deployments, together with a copy of
the order authorizing each such deployment, including—
(A) start and end dates;
(B) the number of servicemembers deployed;
(C) the geographic location;
(D) the activities, services and resources requested in
each request;
(E) whether State authorities were informed of the number
of troops, their projected activities and roles, and
locations prior to their arrival;
(F) whether memoranda of understanding (MOUs) or
interagency agreements were executed with State or local
authorities;
(G) whether any rules of engagement or use of force
policies were modified from standard domestic deployment
policies;
(H) the number of use of force incidents, detentions, or
arrests in which servicemembers participated or directly
assisted; and
(I) whether any servicemembers were subject to disciplinary
action arising from their deployment activities.
(3) An assessment of impacts to military readiness,
including servicemember morale, personnel loss, and
reputational harm.
(4) A detailed assessment on the impact domestic
deployments have on domestic issues in the cities they occur,
including crime statistics, civil unrest, homelessness, and
civil immigration enforcement.
(5) An detailed assessment and evaluation of the training
members of the Armed Forces receive prior to their domestic
deployment, including any recommended changes to the current
training.
(6) A detailed assessment of the individual cost of each
domestic deployments, whether terminated or still ongoing,
including the personnel cost, equipment cost, and financial
cost.
(7) A list of the number of requests for domestic
deployments approved, the number of waivers of any
requirements granted, the number of requests undergoing
review, and the number of requests not approved.
(c) Ongoing Reporting.—Not later than 90 days after
submitting the report described under subsection (a), and
every 90 days thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to the congressional defense committees a report
providing the information described in subsection (b) for the
relevant reporting period.