[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 134 (Saturday, August 2, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S5520]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3685. Mr. SULLIVAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2026 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 X, insert the following:

     SEC. 10__. AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE CONTRACTOR SERVICES FOR 
                   PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE TO SECURE THE SOUTHERN 
                   LAND BORDER OF THE UNITED STATES.

       (a) Authority to Acquire Contracted Services for Provision 
     of Assistance.--Section 1059(a) of the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114-92; 10 
     U.S.C. 284 note) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and
       (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new 
     paragraph (2):
       ``(2) Contract authority.--In providing assistance to U.S. 
     Customs and Border Protection under paragraph (1), the 
     Secretary may acquire, by contract, for the purposes of such 
     assistance the following:
       ``(A) Detection and monitoring services.
       ``(B) Warehousing and logistical supply chain services.
       ``(C) Transportation services.
       ``(D) Vehicle maintenance services.
       ``(E) Training other than lead or primary instructor 
     services.
       ``(F) Intelligence analysis services.
       ``(G) Linguist services.
       ``(H) Data entry services.
       ``(I) Aviation services.''.
       (b) Agency Name Correction.--Such section is further 
     amended in paragraph (1)(A) by striking ``United States 
     Customs and Border Protection'' and inserting ``U.S. Customs 
     and Border Protection''.

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