An amendment numbered 2 printed in House Report 109-236 to authorize appropriations for the newly-structured Border Violence Task Force in Laredo, Texas. The amendment would authorize $10 million per year for the duration of the bill to provide for equipment, personnel, administrative, and technological costs. Additionally, the amendment allows the Attorney General to designate the lead on the Border Violence Task Force that is currently being lead by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.

1. Adds SEC. 106. UNITED STATES-MEXICO BORDER VIOLENCE TASK FORCE on page 23, line 23

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   Inserted: SEC. 106. UNITED STATES-MEXICO BORDER VIOLENCE TASK FORCE.

   Inserted: (a) Task Force.--(1) The Attorney General shall establish the United States-Mexico Border Violence Task Force in Laredo, Texas, to combat drug trafficking, violence, and kidnapping along the border between the United States and Mexico and to provide expertise to the law enforcement and homeland security agencies along the border between the United States and Mexico. The Task Force shall include personnel from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Drug Enforcement Administration, Customs and Border Protection, other Federal agencies (as appropriate), the Texas Department of Public Safety, and local law enforcement agencies.

   Inserted: (2) The Attorney General shall make available funds to provide for the ongoing administrative and technological costs to Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies participating in the Task Force.

   Inserted: (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006 through 2009, for--

   Inserted: (1) the establishment and operation of the United States-Mexico Border Violence Task Force, and

   Inserted: (2) the investigation, apprehension, and prosecution of individuals engaged in drug trafficking, violence, and kidnapping along the border between the United States and Mexico.

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   Page 23, after line 23, insert the following (and make such technical and conforming changes as may be appropriate):

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