[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 125 (Thursday, July 20, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S3482]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 995. Mr. PAUL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in subtitle E of title X, insert 
     the following:

     SEC. 104_. DESIGNATION OF CERTAIN AIRPORTS BY THE UNITED 
                   STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE.

       (a) In General.--The Director of the United States Fish and 
     Wildlife Service shall designate each of the airports among 
     the top 10 United States airports with respect to all-cargo 
     landed weight during calendar year 2021 as a ``port of entry 
     designated for the importation and exportation of wildlife 
     and wildlife products'' (referred to in this section as a 
     ``Designated Port'') under section 14.12 of title 50, Code of 
     Federal Regulations.
       (b) Election to Operate as a Designated Port.--An airport 
     authority responsible for the operation of an airport 
     described in subsection (a) may determine whether or not such 
     airport will serve as a Designated Port.
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