CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Brian Schatz (D-HI)

S.Amdt. 6660

S.Amdt. 6660 · Senate amendment

A Democratic amendment with no cosponsors

Changes S. 4784 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027

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

  1. Introduced
  2. Pending Consideration

What this amendment would do

SA 6660, submitted by Mr. Schatz, aims to add a new section (SEC. 1252) to bill S. 4784. The purpose of this addition is to require a report on the benefits of fact-based journalism in the Indo-Pacific region.

The amendment requires the Secretary of State, consulting with the Secretary of Defense, to provide a report to Congress within 180 days of the Act's enactment. This report must outline how editorially independent, fact-based journalism in the Indo-Pacific region, including the Pacific Islands, benefits U.S. security objectives, defense, and foreign policy.

Specifically, the report must assess:

  • The benefits of an information environment that provides fact-based reporting on the malign activities of adversaries and competitors in the region.

  • The risks to U.S. activities and operations caused by a lack of sufficient editorially independent news media in the region.

The report must be unclassified, although it is allowed to have a classified annex.