[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 137 (Monday, August 2, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5630-S5631]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2234. Mr. LANKFORD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 2137 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for Ms. Sinema (for 
herself, Mr. Portman, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Cassidy, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. 
Collins, Mr. Tester, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Romney)) to the 
bill H.R. 3684, to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway 
safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place in division I, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. ___. PROCUREMENT FOR BORDER WALL CONSTRUCTION.

       (a) Termination of Presidential Proclamation 10142.--
       (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act--
       (A) the Secretary of Homeland Security or any other Federal 
     official may not implement the provisions of Presidential 
     Proclamation 10142; and
       (B) all regulations, policies, and operational guidance 
     contained in such proclamation that have been implemented 
     shall be immediately terminated.
       (2) Reversion to prior terms.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, upon the termination of all regulations, 
     policies, and operational modifications that have been issued 
     to implement Presidential Proclamation 10142, all contracts 
     for the construction or improvement of any physical barrier 
     along the United States border shall be carried out in 
     accordance with the terms set in effect before January 20, 
     2021.
       (b) Prohibition of Contract Modifications.--The Secretary 
     of Homeland Security may not carry out any successor 
     Executive Order, Presidential Proclamation, regulation, 
     policy guidance, or operational guidance that seeks to 
     cancel, invalidate, breach, terminate, or impose additional 
     environmental, agricultural, or other reviews required by 
     statute or regulation upon contracts that the Federal 
     Government has already awarded for the construction or 
     improvement of any physical barrier along the United States 
     border.

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