[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 55 (Tuesday, March 24, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S1583]
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  SA 4775. Ms. COLLINS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill H.R. 7147, making further consolidated 
appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       Beginning on page 106, strike lines 3 through 13, and 
     insert the following:
       ``Sec. 554.  Amounts made available to `U.S. Immigration 
     and Customs Enforcement--Operations and Support' in title II 
     of this Act shall be reduced by $5,453,706,000. Paragraph (2) 
     under such heading shall not apply to amounts made available 
     under such heading.
       ``Sec. 555. (a) The explanatory statement regarding this 
     Act, printed in the House section of the Congressional Record 
     on or about January 22, 2026, and submitted by the chair of 
     the Committee on Appropriations of the House shall have the 
     same effect with respect to the allocation of funds and 
     implementation of this Act as if it were a joint explanatory 
     statement of a committee of conference, except that the 
     matter printed under the heading `Enforcement and Removal 
     Operations' and amounts specified in the `Final Bill' column 
     for `Enforcement and Removal Operations' printed on page 
     H1702 and for `Subtotal, Operations and Support' printed on 
     page H1703 in the `Department of Homeland Security 
     Appropriations Act, 2026' table shall have no force or effect 
     for purposes of this Act.
       ``(b) Any reference in this Act to the `explanatory 
     statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
     division A of this consolidated Act)' shall be deemed to be a 
     reference to the explanatory statement described in 
     subsection (a) of this section.
       ``Sec. 556.  Amounts made available in this Act and the 
     Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026 (division A of Public Law 
     119-37) for personnel pay, allowances, and benefits in each 
     department and agency shall be available for payments 
     pursuant to subsection (c) of section 1341 of title 31, 
     United States Code, and such payments shall be made.
       ``Sec. 557.  All obligations incurred and in anticipation 
     of the appropriations made and authority granted by this Act 
     and the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026 (division A of 
     Public Law 119-37) for the purposes of maintaining the 
     essential level of activity to protect life and property and 
     bringing about orderly termination of Government function, 
     and for purposes as otherwise authorized by law, are hereby 
     ratified and approved if otherwise in accord with the 
     provisions of this Act and the Continuing Appropriations Act, 
     2026.
       ``This Act may be cited as the `Department of Homeland 
     Security Appropriations Act, 2026'.

                               ``TITLE VI

             ``FURTHER CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2026

       ``Sec. 601.  The Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026 
     (division A of Public Law 119-37) is further amended by 
     substituting the date of enactment of this Act for the date 
     specified in section 106(3).
       ``Sec. 602.  For the purposes of the Continuing 
     Appropriations Act, 2026 (division A of Public Law 119-37), 
     the time covered by such Act shall be considered to include 
     the period which began on or about February 14, 2026, during 
     which there occurred a lapse in appropriations.''.
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