[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 98 (Wednesday, June 12, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3380]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 278. Mr. BLUMENTHAL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2020 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following:

     SEC. ____. INAPPLICABILITY OF INSURRECTION ACT WITH RESPECT 
                   TO ENFORCEMENT OF IMMIGRATION LAWS.

       (a) In General.--Chapter 13 of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
     section:

     ``Sec. 256. Inapplicability with respect to enforcement of 
       immigration laws

       ``This chapter shall not be applied--
       ``(1) to authorize the execution of the immigration laws 
     (as defined in section 101(a) of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a))), directly or indirectly, 
     by a member of the Armed Forces; or
       ``(2) to otherwise authorize a member of the Armed Forces 
     to aid or assist any official of the Government in the 
     execution of the immigration laws.''.
       (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of 
     sections for chapter 13 of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended by adding at the end the following:

``256. Inapplicability with respect to enforcement of immigration 
              laws.''.
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