[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 115 (Wednesday, July 22, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S5472]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2278. Mr. COTTON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2266 submitted by Mr. McConnell and intended to be 
proposed to the bill H.R. 22, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the 
Veterans Administration from being taken into account for purposes of 
determining the employers to which the employer mandate applies under 
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR STATE CRIMINAL ALIEN 
                   ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SCAAP) FUNDING.

       (a) In General.--Section 241(i) of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(i)) is amended by adding at 
     the end the following:
       ``(7) A State (or a political subdivision of a State) shall 
     not be eligible to enter into a contractual arrangement under 
     paragraph (1) if the State (or political subdivision)--
       ``(A) has in effect any law, policy, or procedure in 
     contravention of subsection (a) or (b) of section 642 of the 
     Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act 
     of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1373); or
       ``(B) prohibits State or local law enforcement officials 
     from gathering information regarding the citizenship or 
     immigration status, lawful or unlawful, of any individual.''.
       (b) Limitation on DOJ Grant Programs.--
       (1) COPS.--In the case of a State or unit of local 
     government that received a grant award under part Q of title 
     I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 
     (42 U.S.C. 3796dd et seq.), if, during a fiscal year, that 
     State or local government is a State or local government 
     described in subsection (c), the Attorney General shall 
     withhold all of the amount that would otherwise be awarded to 
     that State or unit of local government for the following 
     fiscal year.
       (2) Byrne-JAG.--In the case of a State or unit of local 
     government that received a grant award under subpart 1 of 
     part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
     Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3750 et seq.), if, during a 
     fiscal year, that State or unit of local government is 
     described in subsection (c), the Attorney General shall 
     withhold all of the amount that would otherwise be awarded to 
     that State or unit of local government for the following 
     fiscal year.
       (3) States and local governments described.--A State or 
     unit of local government described in this subsection is any 
     State or local government that--
       (A) has in effect any law, policy, or procedure in 
     contravention of subsection (a) or (b) of section 642 of the 
     Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act 
     of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1373); or
       (B) prohibits State or local law enforcement officials from 
     gathering information regarding the citizenship or 
     immigration status, lawful or unlawful, of any individual.
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