,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dhhb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #ag1 #bjad ,mr4
 ,schweikert introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a      
,,bill  ,to achieve operational control 
of the international border between the 
,united ,states and ,mexico through the 
deployment of members of the ,national  
,guard in support of the ,united ,states
 ,customs and ,border ,protection1 and  
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,southwest ,border ,protection ,act of  
#bjad4  #b4 ,activation and deployment  
of members of the ,national ,guard to   
support ,department of ,homeland        
,security border control activities     
along international border between the  
,united ,states and ,mexico  7a7        
,expanded deployment of ,national ,guard
 ,at the request of a ,governor of a    
,state that shares a portion of the     
international border between the ,united

 ,states and ,mexico1 the ,secretary of 
,defense shall order to active duty1 and
 provide for the deployment of1 members 
of the ,national ,guard along such      
border to assist ,united ,states        
,customs and ,border ,protection in     
achieving operational control of such   
border4  7b7 ,number of ,guardsmen      
deployed ,at least #aj1jjj members of   
the ,national ,guard shall be ordered to
 active duty and deployed under the     
authority of this section along the     
international border between the ,united
 ,states and ,mexico4 ,members ordered  
to active duty and deployed under the   
authority of this section shall be in   
addition to the number of members of the
 ,national ,guard so deployed along such
 border as of the date of the enactment 
of this ,act4  7c7 ,duration ,the       
deployment of members of the ,national  
,guard under the authority of this      
section in a ,state that shares a       
portion of the international border     
between the ,united ,states and ,mexico 

shall continue until the earlier of the 
following3  7#a7 ,the date on which the 
,secretary of ,homeland ,security       
certifies that the ,federal ,government 
has achieved operational control of such
 border4  7#b7 ,the date on which the   
,governor of the ,state withdraws the   
request made under subsection 7a74  7d7 
,exemption from end strengths and other 
limitations ,members of the ,national   
,guard deployed under the authority of  
this section shall not be counted       
toward--  7#a7 any limits on end        
strength2 or  7#b7 limits on the number 
of ,national ,guard personnel that may  
be placed on active duty for operational
 support4  7e7 ,operational control     
defined ,in this section1 the term      
operational control has the meaning     
given that term in section #b7;b7 of the
 ,secure ,fence ,act of #bjjf 7,public  
,law #aji-cfg2 #h ,u4,s4,c4 #agja note74