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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 Customs and Border Protection or the United States 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is performing du-
ties pursuant to the assignment, a civilian law enforce-
ment 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, 
and the assignment of members to the joint task force, 
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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 (c) 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 
after the item relating to section 374 the following new 
item: 
‘‘374a. Assignment of members to assist border patrol and control’’. 
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Subtitle D—Other Matters 
SEC. 1031. REVISION TO AUTHORITIES RELATING TO COM-
MISSION ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 
NEW STRATEGIC POSTURE OF THE UNITED 
STATES. 
Section 1051 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 
3431) is amended— 
(1) in subsections (b)(1)(E) and (b)(2)(B), by 
striking ‘‘though 2008’’ and inserting ‘‘through 
2025’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘Not later 
than June 30, 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘Not later than 
18 months after the date of the Commission’s first 
meeting’’; and 
(3) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘July 30, 
2007’’ and inserting ‘‘60 days after the date of the 
submission of its report’’. 
SEC. 1032. ENHANCEMENT TO AUTHORITY TO PAY RE-
WARDS FOR ASSISTANCE IN COMBATING TER-
RORISM. 
(a) INCREASE IN DELEGATION LIMITATION.—Para-
graph (2) of section 127b(c) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘$2,500’’ and inserting 
‘‘$10,000’’. 
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(b) EXPANSION OF SENIOR OFFICERS TO WHOM 
COMBATANT COMMANDER AUTHORITY MAY BE DELE-
GATED.—Such paragraph is further amended— 
(1) by inserting after ‘‘deputy commander’’ the 
following: ‘‘, or to the commander of a command di-
rectly subordinate to that commander,’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sen-
tence: ‘‘Such a delegation may be made to the com-
mander of a command directly subordinate to the 
commander of a combatant command only with the 
approval of the Secretary of Defense, the Deputy 
Secretary of Defense, or an Under Secretary of De-
fense designated by the Secretary.’’. 
SEC. 1033. REPORT ON ASSESSMENT PROCESS OF CHAIR-
MAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF RELAT-
ING TO GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM. 
Not later than March 1, 2007, the Secretary of De-
fense shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services 
of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of 
the House of Representatives a report on the findings of 
the semiannual assessment process relating to the Global 
War on Terrorism that is described in the annex to the 
National Military Strategic Plan for the War on Ter-
rorism, issued by the Secretary of Defense on February 
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