To increase the amount of fencing and improve vehicle barriers installed along the southwest border of the United States.

SA 3979. Mr. SESSIONS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill S. 2611, to provide for comprehensive immigration
reform and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table;
as follows:

Strike section 106, and insert the following:

SEC. 106. CONSTRUCTION OF STRATEGIC BORDER FENCING AND
VEHICLE BARRIERS.

(a) Tucson Sector.--The Secretary shall--
(1) replace all aged, deteriorating, or damaged primary
fencing in the Tucson Sector located proximate to population
centers in Douglas, Nogales, Naco, and Lukeville, Arizona
with double- or triple-layered fencing running parallel to
the international border between the United States and
Mexico;
(2) extend the double- or triple-layered fencing for a
distance of not less than 2 miles beyond urban areas, except
that the double- or triple-layered fence shall extend west of
Naco, Arizona, for a distance of 10 miles; and
(3) construct not less than 150 miles of vehicle barriers
and all-weather roads in the Tucson Sector running parallel
to the international border between the United States and
Mexico in areas that are known transit points for illegal
cross-border traffic.
(b) Yuma Sector.--The Secretary shall--
(1) replace all aged, deteriorating, or damaged primary
fencing in the Yuma Sector located proximate to population
centers in Yuma, Somerton, and San Luis, Arizona with double-
or triple-layered fencing running parallel to the
international border between the United States and Mexico;

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(2) extend the double- or triple-layered fencing for a
distance of not less than 2 miles beyond urban areas in the
Yuma Sector; and
(3) construct not less than 50 miles of vehicle barriers
and all-weather roads in the Yuma Sector running parallel to
the international border between the United States and Mexico
in areas that are known transit points for illegal cross-
border traffic.
(c) Other High Trafficked Areas.--The Secretary shall
construct not less than 370 miles of triple-layered fencing
which may include portions already constructed in San Diego,
Tucson and Yuma Sectors and 500 miles of vehicle barriers in
other areas along the southwest border that the Secretary
determines are areas that are most often used by smugglers
and illegal aliens attempting to gain illegal entry into the
United States.
(d) Construction Deadline.--The Secretary shall immediately
commence construction of the fencing, barriers, and roads
described in subsections (a), (b), and (c) and shall complete
such construction not later than 2 years after the date of
the enactment of this Act.
(e) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to
the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the
Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives
that describes the progress that has been made in
constructing the fencing, barriers, and roads described in
subsections (a), (b), and (c).
(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized
to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out
this section.
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