S.Amdt. 4873

SA 4873. Ms. CANTWELL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the bill H.R. 5631, making appropriations for the Department
of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other
purposes;

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which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of title VIII, add the following:
Sec. 8109. No funds appropriated or otherwise made
available for the Department of Defense by this Act may be
obligated or expended for the Threat and Local Observation
Notice (TALON) Program or any similar program of the
Department of Defense for the collection, storage, or
analysis of information on United States citizens who pose no
threat to the military or its facilities, including United
States citizens taking part in non-violent activities
protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution of the
United States related to protests against United States
Government policy on Iraq.
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