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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSA 6222. Mr. KENNEDY 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. 1270A. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO MODIFICATION OF
AGREEMENT CONCERNING THE BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN
TERRITORY.
(a) Short Title.—This section may be cited as the “Diego
Garcia Treaty Oversight Act”.
(b) Definitions.—In this section:
(1) Appropriate committees of congress.—The term
“appropriate committees of Congress” means—
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;
(B) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate; and
(C) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
(2) Covered agreement.—The term “covered agreement”
means the Exchange of notes constituting an agreement
concerning the availability for defense purposes of the
British Indian Ocean Territory, dated December 30, 1966.
(c) In General.—Any modification to the covered agreement
shall require the advice and consent of the Senate.
(d) Prohibition on Use of Funds.—None of the funds
authorized to be appropriated, appropriated, or otherwise
made available for any Federal department or agency may be
obligated or expended to modify the covered agreement unless
the Senate has provided advice and consent for such
modification.
(e) Report Required.—
(1) In general.—Before entering into any negotiation
regarding modification of the covered agreement, the
President shall submit to the appropriate committees of
Congress a report detailing—
(A) the national security rationale for the proposed
modification;
(B) the implications of the proposed modification for
United States operational control of Diego Garcia; and
(C) any risks posed by third-party sovereign claims or
foreign military presence.
(2) Form.—The report required under paragraph (1) shall be
submitted in classified and unclassified forms.