[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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