A Democratic amendment with no cosponsors
Changes H.R. 4016 — Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026
Offered
Offered, and not voted on yet. Most amendments never get a vote: the Senate takes up the bill and moves on without them.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- Pending Consideration
What this amendment would do
SA 3995, submitted by Ms. Cortez Masto, aims to add a requirement to bill H.R. 4016. It requires the Department of Justice to provide a report to specific Senate and House committees and make it public within 30 days of the Act's enactment.
The purpose of this amendment is to obtain information regarding the December 1, 2025, formal pardon of former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernandez. The report must include:
- Communications between White House officials and officials from the Office of the Pardon Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, or Office of the Deputy Attorney General.
- Records that support claims that the prosecution of Mr. Hernandez was unsupported by evidence or politically motivated.
- Evidence of evidentiary insufficiencies, procedural defects, or legal errors in the conviction or prosecution.
- A narrative description explaining how exonerating evidence overcomes trial evidence, specifically mentioning phone data of co-conspirators visiting the presidential palace, ledgers from a murdered trafficker-witness, audio recordings of MS-13 gang members discussing payments, and pictures of Mr. Hernandez with drug traffickers at the 2010 World Cup.
- A timeline summary of the Federal law enforcement investigation into Mr. Hernandez and his associates.
- A detailed description of the role Emil Bove played in the conviction, prosecution, and investigation of Mr. Hernandez and his associates.
- 12/15/2025
- Senate amendment submitted
This bill has no cosponsors