[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 29 (Wednesday, February 14, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S1126]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2016. Mr. HEINRICH (for himself and Mr. Udall) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2579, to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the premium tax credit 
with respect to unsubsidized COBRA continuation coverage; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. RESTRICTIONS ON THE REPLACEMENT OF VEHICLE BARRIERS 
                   WITH A BORDER WALL ALONG THE SOUTHERN BORDER.

       (a) Waiver of Laws Relating to the Replacement of Vehicle 
     Barriers With a Border Wall.--The waiver authority under 
     section 102(c) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and 
     Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1103 note) 
     shall not apply to replacing existing vehicle barriers with a 
     primary wall or fence along the international border between 
     the United States and Mexico.
       (b) Prohibition on Use of Federal Funds for the Replacement 
     of Vehicle Barriers With a Border Wall or Pedestrian Fence.--
     Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
     authorized to be appropriated or appropriated under this Act 
     may be used to design or construct any levee wall, steel 
     bollard fence, or other wall intended to replace existing 
     vehicle barriers along the international border between the 
     United States and Mexico.
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