S.Amdt. 278

SA 278. Mr. BLUMENTHAL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2020 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 H of title X, add the following:

SEC. ____. INAPPLICABILITY OF INSURRECTION ACT WITH RESPECT
TO ENFORCEMENT OF IMMIGRATION LAWS.

(a) In General.--Chapter 13 of title 10, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
section:

``Sec. 256. Inapplicability with respect to enforcement of
immigration laws

``This chapter shall not be applied--
``(1) to authorize the execution of the immigration laws
(as defined in section 101(a) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a))), directly or indirectly,
by a member of the Armed Forces; or
``(2) to otherwise authorize a member of the Armed Forces
to aid or assist any official of the Government in the
execution of the immigration laws.''.
(b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of
sections for chapter 13 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:

``256. Inapplicability with respect to enforcement of immigration
laws.''.
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