[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 557 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 557

       To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize 
  appropriations for fiscal years 2005 through 2011 to carry out the 
                State Criminal Alien Assistance Program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 2, 2005

Mr. Kolbe (for himself, Mr. Berman, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. Farr, 
Mr. Flake, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Issa, Ms. Zoe 
 Lofgren of California, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Pastor, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Reyes, 
   Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Shadegg, Ms. 
 Slaughter, Ms. Solis, Mr. Stark, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Mr. Udall of 
 New Mexico, and Ms. Watson) introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
       To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize 
  appropriations for fiscal years 2005 through 2011 to carry out the 
                State Criminal Alien Assistance Program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``State Criminal Alien Assistance 
Program Reauthorization Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEARS 2005 THROUGH 
              2011.

    Section 241(i)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1231(i)(5)) is amended by striking ``appropriated'' and all that 
follows through the period and inserting the following:
 ``appropriated to carry out this subsection--
                    ``(A) such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 
                2005;
                    ``(B) $750,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;
                    ``(C) $850,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; and
                    ``(D) $950,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 
                2008 through 2011.''.
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