S.Amdt. 2038

SA 2038. Mr. UDALL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1959 proposed by Mr. Grassley (for himself, Mrs. Ernst,
Mr. Tillis, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Perdue, Mr. Cornyn, Mr.
Alexander, and Mr. Isakson) to the bill H.R. 2579, to amend the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the premium tax credit with
respect to unsubsidized COBRA continuation coverage; which was ordered
to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. LIMITATION ON CONSTRUCTION OF NEW ELEMENTS OF THE
PHYSICAL BARRIERS ALONG THE SOUTHERN BORDER
PENDING A CERTIFICATION ON THE ACHIEVEMENT BY
THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY OF CERTAIN
STAFFING LEVELS.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
construction of any new element of the physical barriers
along the southern border (other than construction for repair
or replacement of existing barrier elements) may not commence
until the Secretary of Homeland Security certifies, in
writing, to Congress that the total number of officers in the
Office of Field Operations of U.S. Customs and Border
Protection equals the number required for the fiscal year in
which the certification is submitted in the Workload Staffing
Model of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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