S.Amdt. 4202Senate111th Congress (2009-2011)

To make appropriations to improve border security, with an offset from unobligated appropriations under division A of Public Law 111-5.

Submitted May 25, 2010

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Roll call votes on amendments in Senate: Motion to waive sect. 403, S. Con. Res. 13, 111th Congress, with respect to amendment SA 4202 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 54 - 43. Record Vote Number: 167.

May 27, 2010

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Roll call votes on amendments in Senate: Motion to waive sect. 403, S. Con. Res. 13, 111th Congress, with respect to amendment SA 4202 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 54 - 43. Record Vote Number: 167.

May 27, 2010

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Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S4474, S4479-4481; text as further modified: CR S4479-4480)

May 27, 2010

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Point of order raised in Senate with respect to amendment SA 4202.

May 27, 2010

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Motion to waive sect. 403, S. Con. Res. 13, 111th Congress, with respect to amendment SA 4202 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 54 - 43. Record Vote Number: 167.

May 27, 2010

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Proposed amendment SA 4202, under the order of 5/26/2010, having rejected the motion to waive sect. 403, S. Con. Res. 13, 111th Congress, withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S4481)

May 27, 2010

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Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S4398, S4422-4423)

May 26, 2010

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Senate amendment submitted

May 25, 2010

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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 4202 proposed by Senator Cornyn.(consideration: CR S4185, S4194; text as modified: CR S4185)

May 25, 2010

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Amendment SA 4202 proposed by Senator Cornyn. (consideration: CR S4185, S4194; text as modified: CR S4185) To make appropriations to improve border security, with an offset from unobligated appropriations under division A of Public Law 111-5.

May 25, 2010

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SA 4202. Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Kyl, Mrs. Hutchison, and Mr.
McCain) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the
bill H.R. 4899, making emergency supplemental appropriations for
disaster relief and summer jobs for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2010, and for other purposes; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. BORDER SECURITY ENHANCEMENTS.

(a) Additional Amount for Counterdrug Enforcement.--For an
additional amount for ``Salaries and Expenses'' of the Drug
Enforcement Administration, $30,440,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2011, of which--
(1) $15,640,000 shall be available for 180 intelligence
analysts and technical support personnel;
(2) $10,800,000 shall be available for equipment and
operational costs of Special Investigative Units to target
Mexican cartels; and
(3) $4,000,000 shall be available for equipment and
technology for investigators on the Southwest border.
(b) Firearms Trafficking Enforcement.--For an additional
amount for ``Salaries and Expenses'' of the Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, $72,000,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2011, of which--
(1) $68,000,000 shall be available for 281 special agents,
investigators, and officers along the Southwest border; and
(2) $4,000,000 shall be available for equipment and
technology necessary to support border enforcement and
investigations.
(c) National Guard Counterdrug Activities.--For an
additional amount for ``Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug
Activities, Defense'' for high priority National Guard
Counterdrug Programs in Southwest border states, $44,700,000,
to remain available until September 30, 2011.
(d) High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program.--For an
additional amount for Federal Drug Control Programs, ``High
Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program'' for Southwest
border states, $140,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2012.
(e) Land Ports of Entry.--For an additional amount to be
deposited in the Federal Buildings Fund, for construction,
infrastructure improvements and expansion at high-volume land
ports of entry located on the Southwest border, $100,000,000,
to remain available until September 30, 2011.
(f) Border Enforcement Personnel.--For an additional amount
for ``Salaries and Expenses'' of U.S. Customs and Border
Protection, $334,000,000, to remain available until September
30, 2011, of which--
(1) $100,000,000 shall be available for 500 U.S. Customs
and Border Protection officers at Southwest land ports of
entry for northbound and southbound inspections;
(2) $180,000,000 shall be available for equipment and
technology to support border enforcement, surveillance, and
investigations;
(3) $24,000,000 shall be available for 120 pilots, vessel
commanders, and support staff for Air and Marine Operations;
and
(4) $30,000,000 shall be available for additional unmanned
aircraft systems pilots and support staff.
(g) Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Helicopters.--For an
additional amount for ``Air and Marine Interdiction,
Operations, Maintenance, and Procurement'' of U.S. Customs
and Border Protection, $169,400,000, to remain available
until expended, of which--
(1) $120,000,000 shall be available for the procurement,
operations, and maintenance of at least 6 unmanned aircraft
systems to allow for expanded operations of unmanned aircraft
systems in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California on a 7-
day-a-week basis; and
(2) $49,400,000 shall be available for helicopters.
(h) Immigration Enforcement Personnel.--For an additional
amount for ``Salaries and Expenses'' of U.S. Immigration and
Customs Enforcement, $795,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2012, of which--
(1) $175,000,000 shall be available for 500 investigator
positions;
(2) $75,000,000 shall be available for 400 intelligence
analyst positions;
(3) $125,000,000 shall be available for 500 detention and
deportation positions;
(4) $151,000,000 shall be available for 3,300 detention
beds;
(5) $180,000,000 shall be available for equipment and
technology to support border enforcement; and
(6) $89,000,000 shall be available for expansion of
interior repatriation programs.
(i) State and Local Grants.--For an additional amount for
``State and Local Programs'' administered by the Federal
Emergency Management Agency, $300,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2011, which shall be used for--
(1) State and local law enforcement agencies or entities
operating within 100 miles of the Southwest border; and
(2) additional detectives, criminal investigators, law
enforcement personnel, equipment, salaries, and technology in
counties in the Southwest border region.
(j) Offsetting Rescission.--
(1) In general.--Notwithstanding section 5 of the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5),
$1,986,000,000 of the amounts appropriated or made available
under division A of such Act that remain unobligated as of
the date of the enactment of this Act are hereby rescinded.
(2) Administration.--Not later than 30 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget shall--
(A) administer the reduction specified in paragraph (1);
and

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(B) submit a report to the Committee on Appropriations of
the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives that specifies the account and the amount
of each reduction made pursuant to paragraph (1).
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