[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2538 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2538

To provide resources and incentives for the enforcement of immigration 
   laws in the interior of the United States and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 10, 2016

Mr. Cruz (for himself and Mr. Sessions) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide resources and incentives for the enforcement of immigration 
   laws in the interior of the United States 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``ICE Agent Support Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. USE OF FUNDS IN THE IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT ACCOUNT.

    Section 280 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1330) 
is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Attorney General'' each place that term 
        appears and inserting ``Secretary of Homeland Security''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)(3), by striking subparagraph (A) and 
        inserting the following:
    ``(A) The Secretary of the Treasury shall refund out of the 
Immigration Enforcement Account to any appropriation the amount paid 
out of such appropriation for expenses incurred by the Secretary of 
Homeland Security for--
            ``(i) the identification, investigation, apprehension, 
        detention, and removal of criminal aliens, including providing 
        the staffing levels within the Enforcement and Removal 
        Operations division of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement 
        necessary to carry out statutorily authorized enforcement 
        operations;
            ``(ii) the maintenance and updating of systems used by the 
        Enforcement and Removal Operations division of U.S. Immigration 
        and Customs Enforcement to identify and track criminal aliens, 
        deportable aliens, inadmissible aliens, and aliens illegally 
        entering the United States; and
            ``(iii) the purchase of firearms, vehicles, and other 
        safety or apprehension equipment for the Enforcement and 
        Removal Operations division of U.S. Immigration and Customs 
        Enforcement.''.

SEC. 3. CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION SERIES POSITIONS IN THE DIVISION OF 
              ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL OPERATIONS OF U.S. IMMIGRATION 
              AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT.

    Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall establish the percentage of 
positions within the Enforcement and Removal Operations division of 
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that shall be classified as a 
criminal investigator position, consistent with the requirements and 
standards for occupational classification series 1811, dedicated to 
enforcing the criminal statutory provisions of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.).
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