[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 151 (Tuesday, September 16, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S6655]
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SA 3895. Mr. BOOKER 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 end of subtitle D of title III, add the following:
SEC. 334. REPORTING ON MILITARY READINESS AND USE OF
INSTALLATIONS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to the congressional defense committees a report on
the military readiness impacts of operations conducted based
on the request of the Secretary of Homeland Security for
assistance in immigration enforcement, including any
operations undertaken pursuant to section 284 of title 10,
United States Code.
(b) Matters Included.--The report required by subsection
(a) shall include a detailed description of--
(1) the installations of the Department of Defense used by
the Secretary of Homeland Security for purposes of
immigration detention and removal operations;
(2) the population detained by the Secretary of Homeland
Security at each such installation, including country of
origin, age, gender, and immigration disposition for each
individual detained;
(3) the number of aircraft of the Armed Forces used for
removal flights, including the destination of such aircraft
and the number of military personnel on each flight;
(4) in the case of installations of the Department of
Defense used to detain individuals pursuant to section 284 of
title 10, United States Code, the alleged nexus to drug or
transnational organized crime activities for each individual
detained; and
(5) an assessment by the Secretary of Defense of the
operational and readiness impact from the use of military
personnel, installations, or other resources for detention
and removal operations of the Department of Homeland
Security.
(c) Update.--Not less frequently than once every 90 days
after the date of the submittal of the report required by
subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the
congressional defense committees an update to the information
included in such report.
(d) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section confers
any authority to engage in or support immigration
enforcement.
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