[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 79 (Wednesday, May 18, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S2981]
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SA 4012. Mr. TOOMEY (for himself, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Vitter, Mr.
Cotton, and Mr. Inhofe) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 3896 proposed by Ms. Collins (for herself, Mr. Kirk,
Mr. Reed, and Mr. Tester) to the bill H.R. 2577, making appropriations
for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban
Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2016, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:
In division A, on page 108, line 7, strike the period at
the end and insert the following:
: Provided further, That none of the funds made available
under this heading may be obligated or expended for any
State, or any political subdivision of a State--
(1) that has in effect a statute, ordinance, policy, or
practice that prohibits or restricts any government entity or
official--
(A) from sending, receiving, maintaining, or exchanging
with any Federal, State, or local government entity
information regarding the citizenship or immigration status
(lawful or unlawful) of any individual other than an
individual who comes forward as a victim or a witness to a
criminal offense; or
(B) from complying with a request lawfully made by the
Department of Homeland Security under section 236 or 287 of
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1226 and 1357)
to comply with a detainer for, or notify about the release
of, an individual other than an individual who comes forward
as a victim or a witness to a criminal offense; or
(2) whose law enforcement officers and other employees,
contractors, and agents are not certified by the Department
of Homeland Security (whether under section 287(g) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1357(g)) or other
authority and whether through a memorandum of understanding,
regulations, or otherwise) to be acting as agents of the
Department of Homeland Security with all the authority
available to employees of the Department of Homeland Security
when they take actions to comply with a detainer issued by
the Department of Homeland Security under section 236 or 287
of such Act.
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