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Text of Senate Amendment 5270

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On 2026-04-22, Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM) delivered a floor speech titled "Text Of Senate Amendment 5270" in the Senate. The speech addressed immigration and also covered the environment, agriculture. It referenced legislation: S2014.

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Text of Senate Amendment 5270

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 71 (Wednesday, April 22, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 22, 2026)] [Senate] [Page S2014] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 5270. Mr. HEINRICH 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 NEW WORLD SCREWWROM BIOSECURITY ALONG THE UNITED STATES- MEXICO BORDER AND HIGH BEEF PRICES. 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 providing funding for Customs and Border Patrol to work with the Department of Agriculture to establish and implement policies that result in increased capacity to produce and disperse sterile New World Screwworm flies along the United States-Mexico Border to facilitate the opening of cattle crossing along the border that will help to bring down the price of beef for consumers in the United States 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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Text of Senate Amendment 5270 Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 71 (Wednesday, April 22, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 22, 2026)] [Senate] [Page S2014] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 5270. Mr. HEINRICH 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 NEW WORLD SCREWWROM BIOSECURITY ALONG THE UNITED STATES- MEXICO BORDER AND HIGH BEEF PRICES. 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 providing funding for Customs and Border Patrol to work with the Department of Agriculture to establish and implement policies that result in increased capacity to produce and disperse sterile New World Screwworm flies along the United States-Mexico Border to facilitate the opening of cattle crossing along the border that will help to bring down the price of beef for consumers in the United States 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. ______