[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 30 (Thursday, February 15, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S1185]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2038. Mr. UDALL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1959 proposed by Mr. Grassley (for himself, Mrs. Ernst, 
Mr. Tillis, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Perdue, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. 
Alexander, and Mr. Isakson) 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. ___. LIMITATION ON CONSTRUCTION OF NEW ELEMENTS OF THE 
                   PHYSICAL BARRIERS ALONG THE SOUTHERN BORDER 
                   PENDING A CERTIFICATION ON THE ACHIEVEMENT BY 
                   THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY OF CERTAIN 
                   STAFFING LEVELS.

       Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
     construction of any new element of the physical barriers 
     along the southern border (other than construction for repair 
     or replacement of existing barrier elements) may not commence 
     until the Secretary of Homeland Security certifies, in 
     writing, to Congress that the total number of officers in the 
     Office of Field Operations of U.S. Customs and Border 
     Protection equals the number required for the fiscal year in 
     which the certification is submitted in the Workload Staffing 
     Model of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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