To increase the appropriation to Federal courts by $5,000,000 to cover increased immigration-related filings in the southwestern United States.

SA 483. Mr. BINGAMAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 1268, Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, to establish and rapidly implement regulations for State driver's license and identification document security standards, to prevent terrorists from abusing the asylum laws of the United States, to unify terrorism-related grounds for inadmissibility and removal, to ensure expeditious construction of the San Diego border fence, and for other purposes; as follows:

On page 202, strike line 24, and insert “$65,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2006, of which $5,000,000 shall be made available for costs associated with increases in immigration-related filings in district courts near the southwestern border of the United States:”.