[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2395 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2395

  To reauthorize the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 10, 2015

 Mr. McCain (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Flake, and Mr. Schumer) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To reauthorize the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, and for 
                            other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. STATE CRIMINAL ALIEN ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

    (a) SCAAP Reauthorization.--Section 241(i)(5)(C) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(i)(5)(C)) is amended by striking 
``2011.'' and inserting ``2020.''.
    (b) SCAAP Assistance for States.--
            (1) Assistance for states incarcerating undocumented aliens 
        charged with certain crimes.--Section 241(i)(3)(A) of the 
        Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(i)(3)(A)) is 
        amended by inserting ``charged with or'' before ``convicted''.
            (2) Assistance for states incarcerating unverified 
        aliens.--Section 241(i) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(i)), as 
        amended by paragraph (1) and subsection (a), is further 
        amended--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), 
                as paragraphs (5), (6), and (7), respectively;
                    (B) in paragraph (7), as redesignated, by striking 
                ``(5)'' and inserting ``(6)''; and
                    (C) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
            ``(4) In the case of an alien whose immigration status is 
        unable to be verified by the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
        and who would otherwise be an undocumented criminal alien if 
        the alien is unlawfully present in the United States, the 
        Attorney General shall compensate the State or political 
        subdivision of the State for the incarceration of the alien in 
        accordance with paragraph (2).''.
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