- 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 6277. 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 end of subtitle E of title XII, add the following:
SEC. 1271. MODIFICATION OF TIMELINES APPLICABLE TO REMOVAL OF
UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES FOR PURPOSES OF THE
WAR POWERS RESOLUTION.
Section 5(b) of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C.
1544(b)) is amended—
(1) by striking “Within sixty calendar days” and
inserting “Within ten calendar days”;
(2) by striking “extended by law such sixty-day period”
and inserting “extended by law such ten-day period”; and
(3) by striking “Such sixty-day period shall be extended
for not more than an additional thirty days” and inserting
“Such ten-day period shall be extended for not more than an
additional ten days”.