S.Amdt. 1774

SA 1774. Mr. BLUMENTHAL submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for
fiscal year 2021 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 E of title III, add the following:

SEC. 382. PROHIBITION ON CONSTRUCTING WALLS, FENCES, OR
ASSOCIATED ROADS ON SOUTHERN BORDER OF UNITED
STATES.

The Secretary of Defense may not use any of the amounts
authorized in this Act to--
(1) provide support under section 284 of title 10, United
States Code, in connection with the construction of a wall or
fence on the southern border of the United States or a road
associated with such a wall or fence;
(2) undertake a military construction project under section
2808 of such title in connection with the construction of
such a wall, fence, or road; or
(3) otherwise construct or provide support for the
construction of such a wall, fence, or road.
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