(CNN) — Tucked into Congress’ massive defense policy bill is a provision that would limit Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s travel budget unless he provides the House and Senate Armed Services committees with unedited video of US military strikes in the Caribbean.

The mandate in the must-pass piece of legislation – known as the National Defense Authorization Act – would withhold a quarter of the budget unless the Pentagon provides lawmakers “video of strikes conducted against designated terrorist organizations in the area of responsibility of the United States Southern Command.”

It comes as a September 2 “double-tap” strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean has come under intense scrutiny on Capitol Hill.

The video is currently classified and only top congressional lawmakers ha

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