[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 387 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 387

 To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of 
    Defense to assign Department of Defense personnel to assist the 
 Immigration and Naturalization Service and the United States Customs 
           Service perform their border protection functions.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 1995

Mr. Traficant introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on National Security

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of 
    Defense to assign Department of Defense personnel to assist the 
 Immigration and Naturalization Service and the United States Customs 
           Service perform their border protection functions.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. DETAIL OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PERSONNEL TO ASSIST 
              IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE AND CUSTOMS 
              SERVICE.

    (a) Authority of Secretary of Defense.--Section 374 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(d)(1) During each fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense may make 
not more than 10,000 Department of Defense personnel available to 
assist--
            ``(A) at the request of the Attorney General, the 
        Immigration and Naturalization Service in preventing the entry 
        of terrorists, drug traffickers, and illegal aliens into the 
        United States; and
            ``(B) at the request of the Secretary of the Treasury, the 
        United States Customs Service in the inspection of cargo, 
        vehicles, and aircraft at points of entry into the United 
        States.
    ``(2) Section 377 of this title shall apply in the case of 
Department of Defense personnel made available under paragraph (1).''.
    (b) Clerical Amendments.--The heading of such section is amended to 
read as follows:
``Sec. 374. Use of personnel to maintain and operate equipment and to 
              provide other assistance
    (2) The item relating to such section in the table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 18 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
to read as follows:

``374. Use of personnel to maintain and operate equipment and to 
                            provide other assistance.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--Subsection (d) of section 374 of title 10, 
United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall take effect on 
October 1, 1993.

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