[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 85 (Thursday, June 7, 2012)]
[House]
[Pages H3618-H3652]

        DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2013

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En Bloc Amendment Offered by Mr. Aderholt

  Mr. ADERHOLT. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment en bloc at the desk, 
and I would ask unanimous consent that the amendment be considered as 
read.
  The Acting CHAIR. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman 
from Alabama?
  There was no objection.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.

       The text of the amendment is as follows:
       At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used by the Department of Homeland Security any other 
     Federal agency to lease or purchase new light duty vehicles, 
     for any executive fleet, or for an agency's fleet inventory, 
     except in accordance with Presidential Memorandum-Federal 
     Fleet Performance, dated May 24, 2011.
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       Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used for the purchase, operation, or maintenance of armed 
     unmanned aerial vehicles.
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       Sec. __. None of the funds made available under this Act 
     may be used in contravention of immigration laws (as defined 
     in session 101(a)(17) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
     (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(17))).

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to the order of the House of today, the 
gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Aderholt) and a Member opposed each will 
control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Alabama.
  Mr. ADERHOLT. Mr. Chairman, this amendment combines three separate 
amendments which were outlined in our unanimous consent agreement 
earlier. The first, from Mr. Engel, has a limitation on funds for the 
lease or purchase of new light-duty vehicles that are not in accordance 
with the President's fleet efficiency standards.

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  The second amendment is from Mr. Holt. It is a limitation on funds 
for the use of armored, unmanned aerial systems. And the third is from 
Mr. Price of Georgia. It's a limitation on funds being used in 
contravention of the Nation's immigration laws.
  I would urge my colleagues to support the adoption of this en bloc 
amendment.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. DICKS. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Washington is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. DICKS. If I can ask the chairman a question on this, it says none 
of the funds made available by this act may be used for the purchase, 
operation, or maintenance of armed unmanned aerial vehicles; is this 
from Homeland Security? Is this prohibition on Homeland Security?
  Mr. ADERHOLT. That is correct.
  Mr. DICKS. Has there ever been any plan to buy armed drones by 
Homeland Security?
  Mr. ADERHOLT. No.
  Mr. DICKS. I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the en bloc amendment offered by 
the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Aderholt).
  The en bloc amendment was agreed to.

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