Amendment authorizes the Secretary of Defense to assign members of the Armed Forces, under certain circumstances and subject to certain conditions, to assist the Immigration and Naturalization Service and U.S. Customs Service in preventing the entry of terrorists and and drug traffickers into the United States.

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Amendment Number
718
Description
Amendment authorizes the Secretary of Defense to assign members of the Armed Forces, under certain circumstances and subject to certain conditions, to assist the Immigration and Naturalization Service and U.S. Customs Service in preventing the entry of terrorists and and drug traffickers into the United States.
Purpose
An amendment numbered 20 printed in House Report 106-621 to assign, at the request of the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Treasury, military personnel to assist in patrolling our borders for weapons of mass destruction, illegal narcotics, and other terrorist or drug trafficking items.
Congress
106
Type
HAMDT
Latest Action Date
May 18, 2000
Latest Action Text
On agreeing to the Traficant amendment (A005) Agreed to by recorded vote: 243 - 183 (Roll no. 197). (consideration: CR H3319-3320; text: CR H3319)
Latest Action Time
11:33:09
Submitted Date
May 17, 2000
Chamber
House of Representatives
Update Date
Aug 15, 2021
Amendment 718 — Informed