[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 139 (Wednesday, August 4, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S5871]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2545. Mr. MARSHALL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 2137 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for Ms. Sinema (for 
herself, Mr. Portman, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Cassidy, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. 
Collins, Mr. Tester, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Romney)) to the 
bill H.R. 3684, to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway 
safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place in division J, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. ___. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), none of 
     the funds made available by this Act may be used to transport 
     an alien described in subsection (b) from a location at which 
     the alien is held in the custody of the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security, or other Federal or State custody, to a location at 
     which the alien would be paroled or otherwise released from 
     such custody.
       (b) An alien described in this subsection is an alien (as 
     defined in section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a))) who--
       (1) is unlawfully present in the United States; and
       (2)(A)(i) has not been tested for COVID-19 during the 
     preceding 10-day period; or
       (ii) has been tested for COVID-19 during the preceding 10-
     day period and received a positive test result;
       (B) has not been fully vaccinated against COVID-19; or
       (C) has symptoms of COVID-19.
       (c) Funds made available by this Act may be used to 
     transport an alien described in subsection (b) for purposes 
     of removal or deportation.
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