[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 119 (Wednesday, July 12, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2404]
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  SA 239. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 appropriate place in title III, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 3__. AUTHORIZATION OF AMOUNTS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF 
                   DEFENSE TO BE USED TO CONDUCT ANNUAL AND 
                   PERIODIC INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND 
                   RECONNAISSANCE TRAINING ALONG THE LAND AND 
                   WATER BORDERS OF THE UNITED STATES.

       (a) Authorization of Amounts.--
       (1) Joint task force north.--The amount authorized to be 
     appropriated to the Department of Defense for fiscal year 
     2024 for operation and maintenance for the Joint Task Force 
     North is hereby increased by $25,000,000.
       (2) Joint interagency task force south.--The amount 
     authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Defense 
     for fiscal year 2024 for operation and maintenance for the 
     Joint Interagency Task Force South is hereby increased by 
     $25,000,000.
       (b) Use of Amounts.--
       (1) In general.--The amounts of the increases under 
     paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) shall be used by 
     aviation units from the Army, Navy, and Air Force to conduct 
     annual and periodic intelligence, surveillance, and 
     reconnaissance training along the land and water borders of 
     the United States.
       (2) Use of camera feeds.--In conducting training under 
     paragraph (1), aviation units described in such paragraph 
     shall provide the live feed from any cameras or sensors used 
     on the aircraft during the training to the Commissioner of 
     U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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