- 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 6251. Mr. SCHATZ submitted an *COM007*amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to
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__. REPORT ON EXPOSURE OF INSTALLATIONS OF THE UNITED
STATES AT RISK IN THE PERSIAN GULF.
(a) In General.—Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in
coordination with the Secretary of State as necessary, shall
submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and
the House of Representatives a report analyzing the risk
exposure of installations of the United States in the Persian
Gulf to attacks from both state and non-state actors,
including specific analysis on vulnerabilities to attack from
the Islamic Republic of Iran.
(b) Elements.—The report required by subsection (a) shall
include the following:
(1) A comprehensive battle damage assessment of how
installations of the United States were impacted by Iranian
drone and ballistic missile attacks during United States-Iran
engagements in 2026, including—
(A) a cost estimate of damages;
(B) a description of enduring damages that have impacted
readiness of United States force posture in the region to
date; and
(C) an assessment of remaining vulnerabilities to similar
attacks that caused damages at those installations.
(2) An assessment of—
(A) hardening of sites that were struck that needs to take
place;
(B) measures that were taken to sufficiently prepare those
sites for the strikes they endured; and
(C) impacts to future operation of those sites if certain
hardening requirements are not met.
(3) An assessment of what capabilities are available to
sufficiently address waves of drones attacks on facilities of
the United States and a cost estimate of implementing
countermeasures across such facilities in the Persian Gulf,
including any costs expected to be covered by host nations
and what the share of the cost should be.
(4) An assessment conducted jointly between the Secretary
of Defense and the Secretary of State that assess any impacts
to bilateral relations between the United State and nations
hosting installations of the United States as a result of the
targeting of those installations by the Islamic Republic of
Iran, including an assessment of what host nations are
considering as benefits to their long-term security
relationship with the United States and concerns regarding
any liabilities from hosting those installations.
(c) Form.—The report required by subsection (a) shall be
submitted in unclassified form but shall include a classified
annex.