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 on preventing the entry of terrorists and drug traffickers into the United States.

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Amendment Number
316
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 on preventing the entry of terrorists and drug traffickers into the United States.
Purpose
An amendment numbered 3 printed in House Report 107-218 to assign, at the request of the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Treasury, military personnel to assist in patrolling our borders; to provide for the establishment of a task force by either the Treasury Department or the Justice Department for the purpose of counter-terrorism and drug interdiction.
Congress
107
Type
HAMDT
Latest Action Date
Sep 25, 2001
Latest Action Text
On agreeing to the Traficant amendment (A005) Agreed to by recorded vote: 242 - 173 (Roll no. 356).
Latest Action Time
19:45:24
Submitted Date
Sep 25, 2001
Chamber
House of Representatives
Update Date
Aug 15, 2021
Amendment 316 — Informed