[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 145 (Tuesday, August 10, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S6351]
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SA 3389. Mr. HAGERTY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 14, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2022 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal
years 2023 through 2031; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:
At the end of title III, add the following:
SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO REQUIRING
THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY TO REPORT TO
CONGRESS ON THE TECHNOLOGY THAT HAS BEEN
AUTHORIZED FOR USE AT THE BORDERS TO DETECT
DRUG CONTRABAND.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution,
and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or
more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between
the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to border
security, which may include requiring the Secretary of
Homeland Security to report to Congress on the technology
that has been authorized for use at the borders to detect
drug contraband entering at or between the ports of entry,
the resources Congress has provided in furtherance of such
technology, the technology that has been actually used to
detect drug contraband, and the resources that the Department
of Homeland Security has expended in furtherance of such
technology, by the amounts provided in such legislation for
those purposes, provided that such legislation would not
increase the deficit over either the period of the total of
fiscal years 2022 through 2026 or the period of the total of
fiscal years 2022 through 2031.
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