[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 95 (Thursday, June 4, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S2593]
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  SA 5624. Mr. LUJAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title 
II of S. Con. Res. 33.; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the end, add the following:

               TITLE III--REALLOCATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

     SEC. 301. REALLOCATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR U.S. CUSTOMS AND 
                   BORDER PROTECTION AND U.S. IMMIGRATION AND 
                   CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT TO PROVIDE TAX-FREE BONUSES 
                   TO MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND DISABLED 
                   VETERANS.

       (a) Bonuses for Members of the Armed Forces and Disabled 
     Veterans.--
       (1) In general.--In addition to amounts otherwise 
     available, there is appropriated to the Secretary of Defense 
     for fiscal year 2026, out of any money in the Treasury not 
     otherwise appropriated, $30,000,000,000 to provide a one-time 
     bonus to--
       (A) each member of the Armed Forces serving on active duty 
     or full-time National Guard duty as of the date of the 
     enactment of this Act; and
       (B) each veteran with a disability rated as not less than 
     10 percent disabling by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
       (2) Tax-free status.--A bonus paid under paragraph (1) 
     shall not be considered income for purposes of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986.
       (3) Definitions.--In this subsection:
       (A) Active duty; full-time national guard duty.--The terms 
     ``active duty'' and ``full-time National Guard duty'' have 
     the meanings given those terms in section 101(d) of title 10, 
     United States Code.
       (B) Veteran.--The term ``veteran'' has the meaning given 
     that term in section 101 of title 38, United States Code.
       (b) Reduction in Appropriations.--
       (1) U.S. customs and border protection.--The amount 
     appropriated to the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border 
     Protection--
       (A) by section 101 is reduced by $7,500,000,000; and
       (B) by section 201 is reduced by $7,500,000,000.
       (2) U.S. immigration and customs enforcement.--The amount 
     appropriated to the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs 
     Enforcement--
       (A) by section 102 is reduced by $7,500,000,000; and
       (B) by section 202 is reduced by $7,500,000,000.
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