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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSA 6155. Mr. GALLEGO 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 B of title XII, add the following:
SEC. 1218. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO RECOGNIZE IRANIAN
AUTHORITY TO RESTRICT COMMERCIAL NAVIGATION
THROUGH THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ.
(a) In General.—None of the funds authorized to be
appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available to the
Department of Defense may be obligated or expended to
implement, facilitate, or enforce any agreement, arrangement,
understanding, or commitment entered into by the United
States Government that recognizes, authorizes, or permits the
Government of Iran, or any Iranian entity, to impose tolls,
transit fees, permitting requirements, or other restrictions
on commercial navigation through the Strait of Hormuz.
(b) Rule of Construction.—Nothing in this section may be
construed to prohibit—
(1) United States freedom of navigation operations
conducted in the Strait of Hormuz;
(2) United States military or diplomatic personnel from
participating in any activity the purpose of which is to
affirmatively oppose, contest, or eliminate any toll, fee,
permitting requirement, or other restriction on commercial
navigation through the Strait of Hormuz imposed or claimed by
any country or entity; or
(3) the United States from defending itself from an armed
attack or threat of an imminent armed attack.
(c) Definitions.—In this section:
(1) Appropriate committees of congress.—The term
“appropriate committees of Congress” means—
(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and
Urban Affairs of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Financial Services of
the House of Representatives.
(2) Arrangement.—The term “arrangement” means any
treaty, memorandum of understanding, executive arrangement,
political understanding, or oral commitment, regardless of
whether treated as legally binding.
(3) Iranian entity.—The term “Iranian entity” means—
(A) any entity owned or controlled by the Government of
Iran or the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps;
(B) the Persian Gulf Strait Authority (or any successor
entity); and
(C) any joint venture or multilateral mechanism in which
Iran holds fee or administrative authority over navigation of
the Strait of Hormuz, regardless of other participants.