S.Amdt. 9

SA 9. Mrs. SHAHEEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
her to the bill S. 5, to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to
take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States
with theft, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:

At the end of the bill, add the following:

SEC. 4. APPROPRIATIONS.

The following sums are appropriated, out of any money in
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2025:

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

procurement, construction, and improvements

For necessary expenses of U.S. Customs and Border
Protection for procurement, construction, and improvements,
$1,090,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027,
to increase drug interdiction and processing capabilities at
land borders of the United States, of which $960,000,000
shall be for technology improvements and upgrades, which may
include the procurement and deployment of large-scale, small-
scale, and handheld non-intrusive inspection scanning systems
at ports of entry along the land borders of the United States
and upgrades to the information technology infrastructure
upon which these systems and associated software are
operated; of which $30,000,000 shall be for technological and
procedural improvements to the process of analyzing and
adjudicating images from non-intrusive inspection scanning
technology at land ports of entry, which may include support
for the continued development of anomaly detection algorithms
to enhance detection of illegal drugs at land ports of entry;
and of which $100,000,000 shall be for other technology and
infrastructure upgrades that the Commissioner for U.S.
Customs and Border Protection deems necessary for the
agency's drug interdiction work:  Provided, That such amount
is designated by Congress as being for an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

operations and support

For necessary expenses of U.S. Customs and Border
Protection for operations and support, $285,000,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2027, for increasing
outbound inspection capabilities, including disrupting the
flow of firearms and currency out of the United States, of
which $10,000,000 shall be for supporting the creation of a
structured outbound inspection program within the Office of
Field Operations that includes a comprehensive outbound
inspection policy and performance metrics to measure the
impact of outbound inspections; $275,000,000 shall be for
outbound inspections infrastructure projects at the land
borders of the United States, including technology and
connectivity improvements at rural ports of entry and safety
and technology upgrades to outbound inspection lanes at ports
of entry:  Provided further, That such amount is designated
by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

operations and support

For necessary expenses of U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement for operations and support, $223,000,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2027, to expand efforts
to interdict fentanyl and other illegal drugs, and disrupt
networks operated by transnational criminal organizations
within the United States, of which $113,000,000 shall be for
additional Homeland Security Investigations special agents;
of which $80,000,000 shall be for the implementation of
Homeland Security Investigations' Strategy for Combating
Illicit Opioids; and of which $30,000,000 shall be for joint
surge operations along the land borders of the United States
by Homeland Security Investigations and U.S. Customs and
Border Protection:  Provided, That such amount is designated
by Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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