[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 780 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 780

    To amend section 5202 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism 
 Prevention Act of 2004 to provide for assured funding for more Border 
                             Patrol agents.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 10, 2005

Mr. Ruppersberger introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                   the Committee on Homeland Security

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend section 5202 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism 
 Prevention Act of 2004 to provide for assured funding for more Border 
                             Patrol agents.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ASSURANCE OF ADEQUATE FUNDING FOR MORE BORDER PATROL AGENTS.

    Section 5202 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention 
Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-458) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``In each of'' and inserting the following:
    ``(a) In General.--In each of'';
            (2) by striking ``shall, subject to the availability of 
        appropriations for such purpose,'' and inserting ``shall''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Assured Funding.--For each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010, 
the Secretary of the Treasury shall make available to the Secretary of 
Homeland Security the amount the Secretary of Homeland Security 
determines is necessary to carry out subsection (a) for such fiscal 
year. Each such amount is available, without fiscal year limitation, to 
carry out subsection (a).''.
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