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fense, shall establish a training program to ensure that 
members receive general instruction regarding issues af-
fecting law enforcement in the border areas in which the 
members may perform duties under an assignment under 
subsection (a). A member may not be deployed at a border 
location pursuant to an assignment under subsection (a) 
until the member has successfully completed the training 
program. 
‘‘(d) CONDITIONS OF USE.—(1) Whenever a member 
who is assigned under subsection (a) to assist the Bureau 
of Border Security or the United States Customs Service 
is performing duties at a border location pursuant to the 
assignment, a civilian law enforcement officer from the 
agency concerned shall accompany the member. 
‘‘(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed to—
‘‘(A) authorize a member assigned under sub-
section (a) to conduct a search, seizure, or other 
similar law enforcement activity or to make an ar-
rest; and 
‘‘(B) supersede section 1385 of title 18 (popu-
larly known as the ‘Posse Comitatus Act’). 
‘‘(e) ESTABLISHMENT
OF ONGOING JOINT TASK 
FORCES.—(1) The Secretary of Homeland Security may 
establish ongoing joint task forces if the Secretary of 
Homeland Security determines that the joint task force,
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and the assignment of members to the joint task force, 
is necessary to respond to a threat to national security 
posed by the entry into the United States of terrorists, 
drug traffickers, or illegal aliens. 
‘‘(2) If established, the joint task force shall fully 
comply with the standards as set forth in this section. 
‘‘(f) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary 
of Homeland Security shall provide to the Governor of the 
State in which members are to be deployed pursuant to 
an assignment under subsection (a) and to local govern-
ments in the deployment area notification of the deploy-
ment of the members to assist the Department of Home-
land Security under this section and the types of tasks 
to be performed by the members. 
‘‘(g) REIMBURSEMENT REQUIREMENT.—Section 377 
of this title shall apply in the case of members assigned 
under subsection (a).’’. 
(b) COMMENCEMENT OF TRAINING PROGRAM.—The 
training program required by subsection (b) of section 
374a of title 10, United States Code, shall be established 
as soon as practicable after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting
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after the item relating to section 374 the following new 
item:
‘‘374a. Assignment of members to assist border patrol and control.’’.
Subtitle E—Other Matters 
SEC. 1041. COMMISSION ON THE LONG-TERM IMPLEMENTA-
TION OF THE NEW STRATEGIC POSTURE OF 
THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION.—
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby estab-
lished a commission to be known as the ‘‘Commis-
sion on the Long-Term Implementation of the New 
Strategic Posture of the United States’’. The Sec-
retary of Defense shall enter into a contract with a 
federally funded research and development center to 
provide for the organization, management, and sup-
port of the Commission. Such contract shall be en-
tered into in consultation with the Secretary of En-
ergy. The selection of the federally funded research 
and development center shall be subject to the ap-
proval of the chairman of the Commission. 
(2) COMPOSITION.—(A) The Commission shall 
be composed of 12 members who shall be appointed 
by the Secretary of Defense. In selecting individuals 
for appointment to the Commission, the Secretary of 
Defense shall consult with the chairman and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Armed Serv-
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ices of the Senate and the chairman and ranking mi-
nority member of the Committee on Armed Services 
of the House of Representatives. 
(B) Members of the Commission shall be ap-
pointed from among private United States citizens 
with knowledge and expertise in the political, mili-
tary, operational, and technical aspects of nuclear 
strategy. 
(3) CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMISSION.—The Sec-
retary of Defense shall designate one of the mem-
bers of the Commission to serve as chairman of the 
Commission. 
(4) PERIOD
OF
APPOINTMENT; VACANCIES.—
Members shall be appointed for the life of the Com-
mission. Any vacancy in the Commission shall be 
filled in the same manner as the original appoint-
ment. 
(5) SECURITY CLEARANCES.—All members of 
the Commission shall hold appropriate security 
clearances. 
(b) DUTIES OF COMMISSION.—
(1) REVIEW OF LONG-TERM IMPLEMENTATION 
OF THE NUCLEAR POSTURE REVIEW.—The Commis-
sion shall examine long-term programmatic require-
ments to achieve the goals set forth in the report of