[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 69 (Monday, May 23, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Page S5743]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  STATE CRIMINAL ALIEN ASSISTANCE PROGRAM REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2005

  Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Senate now proceed to 
immediate consideration of Calendar No. 56, S. 188.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 188) 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.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. BURNS. I ask unanimous consent the Feinstein amendment at the 
desk be agreed to, the bill as amended be read a third time and passed, 
and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 763) was agreed to, as follows:

   (Purpose: To require that certain funds are used for correctional 
                               purposes)

       At the end add the following new section:

     SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.

       Section 241(i)(6) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
     U.S.C. 1231(i)(6)) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(6) Amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of 
     appropriations in paragraph (5) that are distributed to a 
     State or political subdivision of a State, including a 
     municipality, may be used only for correctional purposes.''.
  The bill (S. 188), as amended, was read the third time and passed, as 
follows:

                                 S. 188

       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.''.

     SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.

       Section 241(i)(6) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
     U.S.C. 1231(i)(6)) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(6) Amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of 
     appropriations in paragraph (5) that are distributed to a 
     State or political subdivision of a State, including a 
     municipality, may be used only for correctional purposes.''.

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