[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 22, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S2029]
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SA 5372. Mr. MERKLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 33, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2026 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal
years 2027 through 2035; 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 REFORMING
U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT AND
ENDING ANY VIOLENCE OR CHAOS CAUSED BY SUCH
AGENCY IN CITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.
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
instituting sensible reforms to Federal immigration agencies,
which may include prohibiting Department of Homeland Security
officers and agents from entering private property without a
judicial warrant, prohibiting U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement officers and agents from wearing masks or failing
to wear operational body cameras, requiring Federal officers
to display identification when conducting immigration
enforcement, enforcing the current prohibition against
Federal immigration enforcement operations at polling places,
prohibiting Federal immigration enforcement at sensitive
locations, prohibiting racial profiling in Federal
immigration enforcement stops, requiring reasonable use of
force policies and related training for Federal immigration
officers, or preserving the ability of State and local
jurisdictions to investigate and prosecute potential crimes
and use of excessive force incidents involving Federal
immigration officers, by the amounts provided in such
legislation for those purposes, provided that such
legislation would not increase the deficit over the period of
the total of fiscal years 2026 through 2035.
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