Amend CSSB 1 (house committee printing) in Section 17.13 of Article IX of the bill, following the appropriations for selected state agencies and programs, by striking Section 5 (pages IX-87 and IX-88) and substituting the following:

5)  The Department of Public Safety shall submit a report each fiscal year of the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2017, detailing the effectiveness of and dollar amount saved by various cost containment measures the department has implemented, and proposing additional measures, including any amount saved by the cost containment measures, to reduce the department's operating costs with respect to the department's border security operations. Not later than the 45th day after the last day of the fiscal year, the department shall submit the report to the legislative and executive budget offices, in the form those offices require. Cost containment measures the department must consider include:

a.  eliminating duplicate functions within the department;

b.  having the department perform functions that are being performed by a private contractor;

c.  using technology to simplify department functions; and

d.  eliminating duplicative functions between the department and the United States Customs and Border Protection and between the department and the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement.