- 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 6497. Mrs. SHAHEEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her 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. 1229A. CLASSIFIED BRIEFINGS ON THE POLICY OF THE UNITED
STATES ON THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY
ORGANIZATION.
(a) In General.—Not later than June 30, 2027, and again
not later than December 15, 2027, the Under Secretary of
Defense for Policy for the Department of Defense and the
Under Secretary of Political Affairs for the Department of
State shall jointly provide the Committee on Armed Services
and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the
Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign
Affairs of the House of Representatives with a classified
briefing on the policy of the United States on the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization, including with respect to—
(1) the implementation of the national defense strategy as
it relates to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the
United States European Command;
(2) recent changes in United States force posture and
anticipated changes in United States force posture within the
area of responsibility of the United States European Command;
(3) progress made by the United States Government in
meeting the five percent defense spending commitment, as
agreed to by all allies at the 2025 Hague Summit, including
efforts to meet the 1.5 percent investment in infrastructure
and resilience, and a description expenses that qualify
toward meeting such commitment; and
(4) United States policy coordination on relevant policy
issues, including hybrid warfare, cyber, space, technology,
nonproliferation, and innovation.