In the nature of a substitute.

SA 55. Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. Shelby) proposed an amendment to the
joint resolution H.J. Res. 31, making further continuing appropriations
for the Department of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2019, and for
other purposes; as follows:

Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the
following:
The Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019 (division C of
Public Law 115-245) is further amended--
(1) in section 105--
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``or'' at the end;
(B) in paragraph (3)--
(i) by inserting ``except as provided in paragraph (4),''
before ``December''; and
(ii) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``;
or''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(4) with respect to appropriations and funds made
available, and other authorities granted, pursuant to section
101(5) of this joint resolution for the Department of
Homeland Security, February 15, 2019.''; and
(2) in section 110, by adding at the end the following:
``(c) With respect to mandatory payments whose budget
authority was provided in the Department of Homeland Security
Appropriations Act, 2018 (division F of Public Law 115-141),
subsections (a) and (b) shall be applied by substituting
`section 105(4)' for `section 105(3)' each place it
appears.''.

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