- 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 6499. Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself and Mr. Tillis) 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. ENSURING A WELL-FUNCTIONING PRIORITIZED UKRAINE
REQUIREMENTS LIST (PURL) MECHANISM.
(a) Sense of Congress.—It is the Sense of Congress that—
(1) the United States has developed an important mechanism
in support of Ukraine by working with North Atlantic Treaty
Organization allies to establish the Prioritized Ukraine
Requirements List mechanism (referred to in this section as
the “PURL mechanism”);
(2) the PURL mechanism enables support of Ukraine at no
cost to the United States taxpayer, demonstrating an
extraordinary commitment by Euro-Atlantic allies and partners
to supporting Ukraine with great benefit to the defense
industrial base of the United States; and
(3) as the United States takes on the important
responsibility of stewarding investments by allies and
partners in support of Ukraine, Congress and European allies
require transparency to ensure a well-functioning PURL
mechanism.
(b) Reports.—
(1) In general.—Beginning not later than 60 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Commander of the
United States European Command, in coordination with the
United States Ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization, shall submit to the appropriate committees of
Congress the following:
(A) A report outlining all contributions by allies and
partners to the PURL mechanism since August 2025, which shall
include the following:
(i) With respect to each contribution to the PURL
mechanism—
(I) an identification of the country that made the
contribution; and
(II) the date and amount of the contribution.
(ii) A description of each security assistance package
developed by the United States in accordance with the PURL
mechanism, including—
(I) an identification of equipment delivered to Ukraine;
and
(II) the date of delivery.
(iii) With respect to each such security assistance package
delivered to Ukraine, an accounting of each contribution made
by an ally or partner.
(B) A monthly report that includes the following:
(i) For the preceding month, an identification of each
country that has contributed to the PURL mechanism, including
the amount contributed.
(ii) A description of any security assistance package under
development for delivery to Ukraine, including a description
of the manner in which contributions from allies and partners
received in the preceding month may factor into such a
package.
(C) A report describing any use, since August 2025, of PURL
mechanism funds for purposes other than developing new and
additive security assistance packages for delivery to
Ukraine, which shall include a description of the following:
(i) Any use of PURL mechanism funds to subsidize, backfill,
or repay the United States Government for security assistance
packages delivered to Ukraine before August 2025.
(ii) Any use of PURL mechanism funds for a purpose other
than the rapid delivery of systems and weaponry to Ukraine.
(2) Form.—Each report required by this subsection shall be
submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified
annex.
(3) Appropriate committees of congress.—In this
subsection, the term “appropriate committees of Congress”
means—
(A) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on
Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
(c) Procedure for Providing Receipts.—Not later than 60
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Secretary of the Treasury, in coordination with the Commander
of the United States European Command, shall develop and
implement a process by which allies and partners may be
provided with receipts for contributions made to the PURL
mechanism that include a description of the manner in which a
contribution was used and the 1 or more security assistance
package supported by the contribution.