S.Amdt. 1472

SA 1472. Mr. FLAKE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 744, to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 898, after line 22, add the following:

(e) Study and Report on the Use of Nonfederal Roads by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.--The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study of, and prepare a report on--

(1) the extent to which U.S. Customs and Border Protection (referred to in this subsection as “CBP”) uses nonfederal roads along the Southern border, including State, county, or locally-maintained primitive roads;

(2) the places where CBP use represents a significant percentage of the use of the roads described in paragraph (1);

(3) the extent to which the CBP use of such roads causes increased degradation and increased maintenance costs for State, county, or local entities; and

(4) possible ways for CBP to assist State, county, and local entities with the maintenance of the nonfederal roads adversely affected by CBP use.