S.Amdt. 3685

SA 3685. Mr. SULLIVAN 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 appropriate place in title X, insert the following:

SEC. 10__. AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE CONTRACTOR SERVICES FOR
PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE TO SECURE THE SOUTHERN
LAND BORDER OF THE UNITED STATES.

(a) Authority to Acquire Contracted Services for Provision
of Assistance.--Section 1059(a) of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114-92; 10
U.S.C. 284 note) is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new
paragraph (2):
``(2) Contract authority.--In providing assistance to U.S.
Customs and Border Protection under paragraph (1), the
Secretary may acquire, by contract, for the purposes of such
assistance the following:
``(A) Detection and monitoring services.
``(B) Warehousing and logistical supply chain services.
``(C) Transportation services.
``(D) Vehicle maintenance services.
``(E) Training other than lead or primary instructor
services.
``(F) Intelligence analysis services.
``(G) Linguist services.
``(H) Data entry services.
``(I) Aviation services.''.
(b) Agency Name Correction.--Such section is further
amended in paragraph (1)(A) by striking ``United States
Customs and Border Protection'' and inserting ``U.S. Customs
and Border Protection''.

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