On the recordAugust 6, 2022
I ask that the reading be waived. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To replace the funding for the Office of the Chief Readiness Support Officer with a $500,000,000 appropriation for the construction or improvement of primary pedestrian fencing and barriers along the southwest border) In title VII, strike section 70001 and insert the following: SEC. 70001. FUNDING FOR U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION. In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to U.S. Customs and Border Protection for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $500,000,000, which shall remain available until September 30, 2027, for necessary expenses relating to the construction or improvement of primary pedestrian fencing and barriers along the southwest border. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Alaska.
