S.Amdt. 4552Senate111th Congress (2009-2011)2nd degree

S.Amdt. 4552

Submitted July 28, 2010

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July 28, 2010

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SA 4552. Mr. McCAIN (for himself and Mr. Kyl) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed to amendment SA 4519 proposed by Mr. Reid (for
himself, Mr. Baucus, and Ms. Landrieu) to the bill H.R. 5297, to create
the Small Business Lending Fund Program to direct the Secretary of the
Treasury to make capital investments in eligible institutions in order
to increase the availability of credit for small businesses, to amend
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for small
business job creation, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie
on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. BORDER SECURITY.

(a) United States Customs and Border Protection.--
(1) Requirement for additional agents.--Not later than
January 1, 2015, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall
increase the number of trained Customs and Border Patrol
agents stationed along the international border between the
United States and Mexico border by 6,000, compared to the
number of agents at such locations as of the date of the
enactment of this Act to increase security and expedite cross
border trade. The Secretary shall make progress in increasing
such number of trained Customs and Border Patrol agents
during each of the years 2010 through 2015.
(2) Offsetting rescission.--On the date of the enactment of
this Act, the unobligated balance of each amount appropriated
or made available under division A of the American Recovery
and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5; 123 Stat.
116), other than under title X of such division, is hereby
rescinded pro rata such that the aggregate amount of such
rescissions equals $1,200,000,000.
(b) Operation Streamline.--
(1) Appropriation of funds.--To fully fund multi-agency law
enforcement initiatives that address illegal crossings of the
Southwest border, including those in the Tucson Sector, as
authorized under title II of division B and title III of
division C of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010
(Public Law 111-117; 123 Stat. 3034), $200,000,000 for fiscal
year 2011, of which--
(A) $155,000,000 shall be available for the Department of
Justice for--
(i) hiring additional Deputy United States Marshals;
(ii) constructing additional permanent and temporary
detention space; and
(iii) other established and related needs of the Secretary
of Homeland Security and the Attorney General; and
(B) $45,000,000 shall be available for the Judiciary for--
(i) courthouse renovation;
(ii) administrative support, including hiring additional
clerks for each District to process additional criminal
cases; and
(iii) hiring additional judges.
(2) Offsetting rescission.--On the date of the enactment of
this Act, the unobligated balance of each amount appropriated
or made available under division A of the American Recovery
and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5; 123 Stat.
116), other than under title X of such division, is hereby
rescinded pro rata such that the aggregate amount of such
rescissions equals $200,000,000.
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