[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 115 (Wednesday, July 22, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S5472]
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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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