On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 13 to H R 1401
Voted to authorize the use of troops on the border in 1999
Rep. ZZlastnameZZ voted in favor of the Traficant amendment to H.R. 1401. This amendment authorized the Secretary of Defense, under certain circumstances, to assign members of the Armed Forces to assist the Border Patrol and Customs Service only in drug interdiction and counter terrorism activities along our borders. The Traficant amendment passed by a vote of 242 to 181.