[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 25 (Saturday, February 10, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S832-S833]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1599. Mr. CASEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1388 proposed by Mrs. Murray (for herself and Mr. Schumer) 
to the bill H.R. 815, to amend title 38, United States Code, to make 
certain improvements relating to the eligibility of veterans to receive 
reimbursement for emergency treatment furnished through the Veterans 
Community Care program, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 31, after line 21, add the following:

                   U.S. Customs and Border Protection

              procurement, construction, and improvements

       For necessary expenses of U.S. Customs and Border 
     Protection for procurement, construction, and improvements, 
     $1,090,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027, 
     to increase drug interdiction and processing capabilities at 
     land borders of the United States, of which $960,000,000 
     shall be for technology improvements and upgrades, which may 
     include the procurement and deployment of large-scale, small-
     scale, and handheld non-intrusive inspection scanning systems 
     at ports of entry along the land borders of the United States 
     and upgrades to the

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     information technology infrastructure upon which these 
     systems and associated software are operated; of which 
     $30,000,000 shall be for technological and procedural 
     improvements to the process of analyzing and adjudicating 
     images from non-intrusive inspection scanning technology at 
     land ports of entry, which may include support for the 
     continued development of anomaly detection algorithms to 
     enhance detection of illegal drugs at land ports of entry; 
     and of which $100,000,000 shall be for other technology and 
     infrastructure upgrades that the Commissioner for U.S. 
     Customs and Border Protection deems necessary for the 
     agency's drug interdiction work:  Provided, That such amount 
     is designated by Congress as being for an emergency 
     requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                         operations and support

       For necessary expenses of U.S. Customs and Border 
     Protection for operations and support, $285,000,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2027, for increasing 
     outbound inspection capabilities, including disrupting the 
     flow of firearms and currency out of the United States, of 
     which $10,000,000 shall be for supporting the creation of a 
     structured outbound inspection program within the Office of 
     Field Operations that includes a comprehensive outbound 
     inspection policy and performance metrics to measure the 
     impact of outbound inspections; $275,000,000 shall be for 
     outbound inspections infrastructure projects at the land 
     borders of the United States, including technology and 
     connectivity improvements at rural ports of entry and safety 
     and technology upgrades to outbound inspection lanes at ports 
     of entry:  Provided further, That such amount is designated 
     by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 
     pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 
     and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

                         operations and support

       For necessary expenses of U.S. Immigration and Customs 
     Enforcement for operations and support, $223,000,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2027, to expand efforts 
     to interdict fentanyl and other illegal drugs, and disrupt 
     networks operated by transnational criminal organizations 
     within the United States, of which $113,000,000 shall be for 
     additional Homeland Security Investigations special agents; 
     of which $80,000,000 shall be for the implementation of 
     Homeland Security Investigations' Strategy for Combating 
     Illicit Opioids; and of which $30,000,000 shall be for joint 
     surge operations along the land borders of the United States 
     by Homeland Security Investigations and U.S. Customs and 
     Border Protection:  Provided, That such amount is designated 
     by Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to 
     section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985.
       On page 61, between lines 12 and 13, insert the following:

                               TITLE VIII

                         DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

                         operations and support

       For necessary expenses of the Department of Justice for 
     disrupting transnational fentanyl networks, $288,000,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2027, of which 
     $68,000,000 shall used by the Drug Enforcement Administration 
     for salaries and expenses relating to increased law 
     enforcement activities along the land borders of the United 
     States; of which $60,000,000 shall be used by the Drug 
     Enforcement Administration for the High Intensity Drug 
     Trafficking Areas Program; of which $110,000,000 shall be for 
     the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces; and of 
     which $50,000,000 shall be used by the U.S. Marshals Service 
     for salaries and expenses relating to increased law 
     enforcement activities along the land borders of the United 
     States:  Provided, That such amount is designated by Congress 
     as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985.
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