Steve Stockman: “I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At…”

“I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. _. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to destroy Department of Defense equipment or ammunition in Afghanistan without such equipment or ammunition first being offered to independent states of the former Soviet Union and major non-NATO allies that are willing to pay for transportation of such equipment or ammunition to such states or allies. (b) For purposes of this section-- (1) the term ``independent state of the former Soviet Union'' has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the FREEDOM Support Act (22 U.S.C. 5801); and (2) the term ``major non-NATO ally'' has the meaning given the term in section 644(q) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2403(q)). Mr. STOCKMAN (during the reading). Madam Chair, I ask unanimous consent that the reading be dispensed with. The Acting CHAIR. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Texas? There was no objection.”