[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S5066]
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  SA 2840. 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. SUBMISSION OF REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE ALONG THE 
                   SOUTHERN BORDER.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
     make every effort to submit a request for assistance for 
     personnel or capabilities along the southern border of the 
     United States not later than 180 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 of U.S. Customs and Border Protection in 
     fulfilling the relevant mission along the southern border.
       (c) Notification Requirements.--
       (1) Ongoing notifications.--Not later than 90 days after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 days 
     thereafter, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit 
     to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate a 
     notification describing--
       (A) efforts by the Department of Homeland Security to 
     develop and transmit to the Department of Defense requests 
     for assistance along the southern border of the United 
     States; and
       (B) progress toward ensuring that such requests for 
     assistance are submitted to the Department of Defense not 
     later than 180 days before the requested deployment of such 
     personnel or capabilities.
       (2) Notification of transmittal.-- Upon transmitting a 
     request for assistance to the Department of Defense, the 
     Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the 
     appropriate congressional committees a notification of the 
     transmission, which shall include--
       (A) a copy of the request for assistance; and
       (B) a description of the number of days prior to the 
     requested deployment of such personnel or capabilities the 
     request for assistance was transmitted.
       (d) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate; 
     and
       (2) the Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee on 
     Armed Services of the House of Representatives.
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