[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S5066]
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  SA 2839. Mr. LANKFORD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2025 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. 1095. SUBMISSION OF REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE ALONG THE 
                   SOUTHERN BORDER.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
     make every effort to submit to the Secretary of Defense a 
     request for assistance for personnel or capabilities along 
     the southern border of the United States not later than 250 
     days before the requested deployment of such personnel or 
     capabilities.
       (b) Contents.--A request for assistance submitted in 
     accordance with subsection (a) shall specify the capabilities 
     necessary to assist the Secretary of Homeland Security and 
     the Commissioner for U.S. Customs and Border Protection in 
     fulfilling the relevant mission along the southern border, 
     rather than specifying the requested number of troops.
       (c) Waiver.--The Secretary of Homeland Security, with the 
     concurrence of the Secretary of Defense, may waive the 250-
     day period referred to in subsection (a) if the Secretary of 
     Homeland Security--
       (1) determines that doing so is in the national security 
     interest of the United States due to exigent circumstances; 
     and
       (2) notifies and provides reasoning for requesting a waiver 
     to the congressional defense committees, the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and 
     the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
     Representatives not later than 24 hours after such request.
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