Information about the vote from special interest groups and other information providers in our Report Cards:
Republican Liberty Caucus (Civil Liberty)
H.R.5122 / H.AMDT.814.
Defense Auth/to allow military personnel to be assigned to border patrol.U.S. Border Control
Troops on the Border Amendment.
Goode amendment (No. 8 printed in H. Rept. 109-461) authorizes the Secretary of Defense to assign members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, under certain circumstances and subject to certain conditions, to assist the Department of Homeland Security (upon its request) in the performance of border protection functions.The Center for Security Policy
Authorizing Troops on the Border.
The Goode (R-VA) amendment authorizes the Secretary of Defense to send members of the Armed Forces to the border in nonemergency situations to aid the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection and the United States Immigration and
Customs Enforcement of the Department of Homeland
Security to prevent the entry of illegal immigrants and terrorists.