S.Amdt. 5636

SA 5636. Mr. KING (for himself and Ms. Duckworth ) 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:
Strike title I and insert the following:

TITLE I--COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS

SEC. 101. U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION PERSONNEL.

(a) Personnel.--In addition to amounts otherwise available,
there is appropriated to the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and
Border Protection for fiscal year 2026, out of any money in
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $7,774,000,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2029, to hire, pay,
train, and equip Border Patrol agents and Border Patrol
support personnel to conduct functions other than immigration
enforcement and customs functions.
(b) Restriction.--None of the funds made available by
subsection (a) may be used to recruit, hire, or train
personnel for the duties of processing coordinators after
October 31, 2028.

SEC. 102. U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT.

In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is
appropriated to the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement for fiscal year 2026, out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $5,674,000,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2029, to hire, pay,
train, and equip Homeland Security Investigations agents and
support personnel and to provide other necessary expenses for
Homeland Security Investigations' mission support and
operations and maintenance, of which $108,500,000 shall be
used to hire, pay, and equip additional child exploitation
investigators and forensics analysts at the Victim
Identification Laboratory of the Child Exploitation
Investigations Unit of Homeland Security Investigations and
at the Homeland Security Investigations offices of the
Special Agent in Charge to support the identification and
rescue of victims of child sexual exploitation and abuse, and
to train such personnel and State and local law enforcement
regarding identifying victims of child sexual exploitation
and abuse within the Homeland Security Investigations Cyber
Crimes Center, except that funds provided in this section
shall be used for functions other than those related to
Homeland Security Investigations' immigration enforcement and
customs enforcement missions.

SEC. 103. BORDER SECURITY, TECHNOLOGY, AND SCREENING.

(a) In General.--In addition to amounts otherwise
available, there is appropriated to the Commissioner of U.S.
Customs and Border Protection for fiscal year 2026, out of
any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to
remain available until September 30, 2029, $3,450,000,000 for
the following:
(1) Procurement and integration of new nonintrusive
inspection equipment and associated civil works, including
artificial intelligence, machine learning, and other
innovative technologies, as well as other mission support, to
combat the entry or exit of illicit narcotics at ports of
entry and along the southwest, northern, and maritime
borders.
(2) Air and Marine operations' upgrading and procurement of
new platforms for rapid air and marine response capabilities.
(3) Upgrades and procurement of border surveillance
technologies along the southwest, northern, and maritime
borders.
(4) Necessary expenses, including the deployment of
technology, relating to the biometric entry and exit system
under section 7208 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism
Prevention Act of 2004 (8 U.S.C. 1365b).
(5) Enhancing border security by combating drug
trafficking, including fentanyl and its precursor chemicals,
at the southwest, northern, and maritime borders.
(6) Necessary expenses for U.S. Customs and Border
Protection's mission support and operations and maintenance
for functions other than those related to its immigration
enforcement and customs missions.
(b) Restrictions.--None of the funds made available under
subsection (a) may be used for the procurement or deployment
of surveillance towers along the southwest border and
northern border that have not been tested and accepted by
U.S. Customs and Border Protection to deliver autonomous
capabilities.
(c) Definition of Autonomous.--In this section, with
respect to capabilities, the term ``autonomous'' means a
system designed to apply artificial intelligence, machine
learning, computer vision, or other algorithms to accurately
detect, identify, classify, and track items of interest in
real time such that the system can make operational
adjustments without the active engagement of personnel or
continuous human command or control.

SEC. 104. ADDITIONAL DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
APPROPRIATIONS.

In addition to amounts otherwise available, there are
appropriated to the Secretary of Homeland Security for fiscal
year 2026, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, $2,500,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2029, for the purposes provided in this title.

SEC. 105. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO CONDUCT IMMIGRATION
ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES ON PROPERTY OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

None of the funds made available under this title may be
used to conduct immigration enforcement activities on
property of the Department of Veterans Affairs, including
hospitals and community-based outpatient clinics of the
Department of Veterans Affairs.
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