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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSA 6292. Mr. BLUMENTHAL 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 C of title XII, add the following:
SEC. 1230. STATEMENT OF POLICY RELATING TO UKRAINE SECURITY
ASSISTANCE INITIATIVE.
Section 1250 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114-92; 129 Stat. 1068) is
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
“(l) Statement of Policy.—
“(1) In general.—It is the policy of the United States—
“(A) to assist Ukraine in maintaining a credible defense
and deterrence capability;
“(B) to bolster defense and security cooperation with
Ukraine as a means of building a future force of Ukraine that
is capable of defending Ukraine today and deterring future
aggression; and
“(C) to advance continued reform of the democratic,
economic, defense, and security institutions of Ukraine in
order to advance the Euro-Atlantic integration and
modernization of Ukraine.
“(2) Credible defense and deterrence capability defined.—
In this subsection, the term `credible defense and deterrence
capability' means the ability to defend against and deter any
credible conventional military threat from the Russian
Federation acting unilaterally or in concert with partners,
through the use of conventional military means, possessed in
sufficient quantity, including weapons platforms and
munitions, command, control, communication, intelligence,
surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities.”.