[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 79 (Wednesday, May 18, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S2981]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  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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