I thank the gentleman from Mississippi. the ranking member. for yielding. and I rise in support of H.R. 4954 but to raise some concerns about this amendment. I also want to thank him and the chairman of the Homeland Security Committee. Chairman King. for their support of two amendments that I proposed during consideration of this bill in the committee: One. the establishment of a border patrol unit for the Virgin Islands. and the other. a study for the impact of the Advanced Passenger Information System on the owners and operators of small charter boats in the Virgin Islands. which are very important to my constituents and to me. While I am pleased that these two amendments continue to be in the base bill. I am very disappointed that the third amendment that I offered was removed from it by the Rules Committee and not in the managers amendment. even though it was approved by the Homeland Security Committee by a voice vote. 0l 1145 This amendment to authorize an additional $1.8 billion to accelerate funding for the Coast Guards integrated Deepwater program was unfortunately not made in order under the rule.
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