Text of Senate Amendment 1185

Text of Senate Amendment 1185

Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)] [Senate] [Page S1296] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 1185. Mr. PETERS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 7, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the appropriate place in title III, insert the following: SEC. 3___. RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENSURING THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY HAS SUFFICIENT RESOURCES TO STOP THE FLOW OF FENTANYL INTO 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 ensuring the Department of Homeland Security has sufficient resources to stop the flow of fentanyl into the United States, which may include increasing staffing for U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers and U.S. Border Patrol agents, procuring non-intrusive inspection systems for ports of entry, carrying out relevant science and technology research and development programs, and increasing the number of Homeland Security Investigations special agents, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes. ______