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  SA 1504. Mr. TUBERVILLE submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed to amendment SA 1388 submitted by Mrs. Murray (for herself and 
Mr. Schumer) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 815, to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements relating to 
the

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eligibility of veterans to receive reimbursement for emergency 
treatment furnished through the Veterans Community Care program, and 
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. BORDER WALL CONSTRUCTION.

       (a) In General.--
       (1) Immediate resumption of border wall construction.--Not 
     later than seven days after the date of the enactment of this 
     Act, the Secretary shall resume all activities related to the 
     construction of the border wall along the border between the 
     United States and Mexico that were underway or being planned 
     for prior to January 20, 2021.
       (2) Use of funds.--To carry out this section, the Secretary 
     shall expend all unexpired funds appropriated or explicitly 
     obligated for the construction of the border wall that were 
     appropriated or obligated, as the case may be, for use 
     beginning on October 1, 2019.
       (3) Use of materials.--Any unused materials purchased 
     before the date of the enactment of this Act for construction 
     of the border wall may be used for activities related to the 
     construction of the border wall in accordance with paragraph 
     (1).
       (b) Plan To Complete Tactical Infrastructure and 
     Technology.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act and annually thereafter until 
     construction of the border wall has been completed, the 
     Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
     committees an implementation plan, including annual 
     benchmarks for the construction of 200 miles of such wall and 
     associated cost estimates for satisfying all requirements of 
     the construction of the border wall, including installation 
     and deployment of tactical infrastructure, technology, and 
     other elements as identified by the Department prior to 
     January 20, 2021, through the expenditure of funds 
     appropriated or explicitly obligated, as the case may be, for 
     use, as well as any future funds appropriated or otherwise 
     made available by Congress.
       (c) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means the Committee 
     on Homeland Security and the Committee on Appropriations of 
     the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate.
       (2) Tactical infrastructure.--The term ``tactical 
     infrastructure'' includes boat ramps, access gates, 
     checkpoints, lighting, and roads associated with a border 
     wall.
       (3) Technology.--The term ``technology'' includes border 
     surveillance and detection technology, including linear 
     ground detection systems, associated with a border wall.
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