S.Amdt. 1595

SA 1595. Mr. UDALL of New Mexico (for himself and Mr. Heinrich)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1183
submitted by Mr. Leahy (for himself and Mr. Hatch) 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:

At the end of section 1104, add the following:
(e) Border Enforcement Security Task Force.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall enhance law
enforcement preparedness and operational readiness in the
Southwest border region by expanding the Border Enforcement
Security Task Force (referred to in this section as
``BEST''), established under section 432 of the Homeland
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 240).
(2) Units to be expanded.--The Secretary shall expand the
BEST units operating on the date of the enactment of this Act
in New Mexico, Texas, Arizona, and California by increasing
the funding available for operational, administrative, and
technological costs associated with the participation of
Federal, State, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies in
BEST.
(3) Funding.--There are authorized to be appropriated, from
the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Trust Fund established
under section 6(a)(1), such sums as may be necessary to carry
out this subsection.
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