S.Amdt. 1618

SA 1618. Mr. NELSON 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 subtitle A of title I, add the following:

SEC. 1124. MARITIME BORDER SECURITY ENHANCEMENTS.

(a) U.S. Customs and Border Protection.--The Commissioner
of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, working through the
Office of Air and Marine, shall--
(1) acquire and deploy such additional vessels and aircraft
as may be necessary to provide for enhanced maritime border
security along--
(A) the coastal areas of the Southeastern United States,
including Florida, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin
Islands, and the Gulf Coast; and
(B) the California coast;
(2) increase unarmed, unmanned aircraft deployments to the
Caribbean region;
(3) acquire, upgrade, and maintain sensor systems for the
aircraft and vessel fleet;
(4) increase air and maritime patrols to gain and enhance
maritime domain awareness;
(5) increase and upgrade facilities, as necessary, to
accommodate personnel and asset needs;
(6) perform whatever additional maintenance as may be
necessary to preserve the operational capability of any
additional air or marine assets;
(7) modernize and appropriately staff the Air and Marine
Operations Center in order to enhance maritime domain
awareness; and
(8) hire and deploy such personnel as may be necessary to
provide maritime border security along--
(A) the coastal areas of the Southeastern United States,
including Florida, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin
Islands, and the Gulf Coast; and
(B) the California coast.
(b) Coast Guard.--The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and
Border Protection shall work with the Secretary and shall
coordinate with the Coast Guard to secure the maritime
borders of the United States.
(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--In addition to
amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated, there is
authorized to be appropriated, for fiscal years 2014 through
2018--
(1) such sums as may be necessary to U.S. Customs and
Border Protection to carry out subsection (a); and
(2) such sums as may be necessary to the Coast Guard to
carry out subsection (b).
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