S.Amdt. 5608

SA 5608. Mr. HEINRICH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill S. 2, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to
title II of S. Con. Res. 33.; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

At the appropriate place in title I insert the following:

SEC. __. APPROPRIATION TO MONITOR PESTS AND PATHOGENS
AFFECTING SPECIALTY CROPS.

(a) In General.--In addition to amounts otherwise
available, there is appropriated to the Customs and Border
Patrol and the Department of Agriculture for fiscal year
2026, out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, $500,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2029, to research and deploy surveillance
technologies and systems to monitor imports for pests and
pathogens that would impact domestic production of specialty
crops.
(b) Reduction in Funds.--Notwithstanding section 102, the
amount appropriated under that section shall be
$6,950,000,000.
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