S.Amdt. 2400

SA 2400. Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mr. Leahy) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by her 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 G of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1085. RESTRICTING THE USE OF EQUIPMENT BY U.S. CUSTOMS
AND BORDER PROTECTION TO SUPPORT LAW
ENFORCEMENT SURVEILLANCE OF PROTESTS, ACTS OF
CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE, OR SIMILAR ACTS PROTECTED
BY THE FIRST AMENDMENT.

Section 2 of the Secure Fence Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-
367; 8 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(d) Restrictions on Use of Equipment.--Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, no office, unit, or subdivision
of U.S. Customs and Border Protection may use, or transfer or
make available to Federal, State, local, Tribal, or
territorial law enforcement or other civil authorities for
their use, any equipment for the surveillance of protests,
acts of civil disobedience, or similar acts protected by the
First Amendment within the United States for domestic law
enforcement purposes.''.
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