[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 116 (Wednesday, June 24, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3267]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1774. Mr. BLUMENTHAL submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2021 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 E of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 382. PROHIBITION ON CONSTRUCTING WALLS, FENCES, OR 
                   ASSOCIATED ROADS ON SOUTHERN BORDER OF UNITED 
                   STATES.

       The Secretary of Defense may not use any of the amounts 
     authorized in this Act to--
       (1) provide support under section 284 of title 10, United 
     States Code, in connection with the construction of a wall or 
     fence on the southern border of the United States or a road 
     associated with such a wall or fence;
       (2) undertake a military construction project under section 
     2808 of such title in connection with the construction of 
     such a wall, fence, or road; or
       (3) otherwise construct or provide support for the 
     construction of such a wall, fence, or road.
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