To prohibit the cancellation of contracts for physical barriers and other border security measures for which funds already have been obligated and for which penalties will be incurred in the case of such cancellation and prohibiting the use of funds for payment of such penalties.
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI)Legislative Activity
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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 1518 proposed by Senator Johnson to Amendment SA 1502.
May 20, 2021
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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 1518 proposed by Senator Johnson to Amendment SA 1502.
May 20, 2021
Roll call votes on amendments in Senate: Amendment SA 1518, under the order of 5/19/21, not having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, was not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 46 - 48. Record Vote Number: 199.
May 20, 2021
Senate amendment not agreed to: Amendment SA 1518, under the order of 5/19/21, not having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, was not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 46 - 48. Record Vote Number: 199.
May 20, 2021
Amendment SA 1518 proposed by Senator Johnson to Amendment SA 1502. (consideration: CR S3176, S3180-3182, S3182-3183; text: CR S3176) To prohibit the cancellation of contracts for physical barriers and other border security measures for which funds already have been obligated and for which penalties will be incurred in the case of such cancellation and prohibiting the use of funds for payment of such penalties.
May 20, 2021
Amendment SA 1518, under the order of 5/19/21, not having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, was not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 46 - 48. Record Vote Number: 199.
May 20, 2021
Senate amendment submitted
May 18, 2021
Votes
1 roll call on this amendment
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Submitted
SA 1518. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1502 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill S. 1260, to establish a new Directorate for Technology and Innovation in the National Science Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub program, to require a strategy and report on economic security, science, research, innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to establish a critical supply chain resiliency program, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the appropriate place in division D, insert the following: SEC. 4__. PROHIBITING THE CANCELLATION OF CERTAIN CONTRACTS FOR PHYSICAL BARRIERS AND OTHER BORDER SECURITY MEASURES. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Homeland Security and any other Federal official may not-- (1) cancel, invalidate, or breach any contract for the construction or improvement of any physical barrier along the United States border or for any other border security measures for which Federal funds have been obligated; or (2) obligate the use of Federal funds to pay any penalty resulting from the cancellation of any contract described in paragraph (1). ______