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Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)

S.Amdt. 9

S.Amdt. 9 · Senate amendment

A Democratic amendment with 2 Democratic cosponsors · See all 2 cosponsors

Changes S. 5 — Laken Riley Act

Not adopted

This amendment was never taken up, and the bill finished without it. It was never voted on.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. Pending Consideration
  3. Failed

What this amendment would do

This amendment would add new funding requirements to the end of the bill for U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The amendment provides $1,090,000,000 for U.S. Customs and Border Protection to increase drug interdiction and processing capabilities at land borders.

This includes $960,000,000 for technology improvements and upgrades, $30,000,000 for analyzing and adjudicating images from scanning technology, and $100,000,000 for other technology and infrastructure upgrades.

The amendment also provides $285,000,000 for U.S. Customs and Border Protection operations and support to increase outbound inspection capabilities, such as disrupting the flow of firearms and currency out of the United States.

Within those funds, $10,000,000 is for a structured outbound inspection program and $275,000,000 is for outbound inspections infrastructure projects at land borders.

Finally, the amendment provides $223,000,000 for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to expand efforts to interdict fentanyl and other illegal drugs and disrupt networks operated by transnational criminal organizations.

These funds include $113,000,000 for additional Homeland Security Investigations special agents, $80,000,000 for a strategy for combating illicit opioids, and $30,000,000 for joint surge operations along land borders.