Amendment authorizes the Secretary of Defense to assign members of the Armed Forces, under certain circumstances and subject to certain conditions, to assist the Bureau of Border Security and U.S. Customs Service of the Department of Homeland Security with preventing the entry of terrorists, drug traffickers, and illegal aliens into the United States.

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Amendment Number
206
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 Bureau of Border Security and U.S. Customs Service of the Department of Homeland Security with preventing the entry of terrorists, drug traffickers, and illegal aliens into the United States.
Purpose
An amendment numbered 20 printed in House Report 109-96 to authorize the Secretary of Defense to assign members of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps, under certain circumstances and subject to certain conditions, to assist the Department of Homeland Security in the performance of border protection functions.
Congress
109
Type
HAMDT
Latest Action Date
May 25, 2005
Latest Action Text
On agreeing to the Goode amendment (A001) Agreed to by recorded vote: 245 - 184 (Roll no. 214).
Latest Action Time
16:07:16
Submitted Date
May 25, 2005
Chamber
House of Representatives
Update Date
Jul 11, 2021
Amendment 206 — Informed