[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 193 (Wednesday, November 3, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7736]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4236. Mr. DAINES (for himself, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Burr, Mr. 
Lankford, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Tuberville, Mr. Cotton, 
Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Lee, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Cassidy, Ms. 
Lummis, Mr. Braun, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Young, Mr. Toomey, Mr. 
Rubio, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Wicker, Mrs. Capito, 
Ms. Collins, Mr. Risch, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Hawley, Mr. Barrasso, and Mr. 
Scott of South Carolina) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed 
to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the end of subtitle A of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1004. PROHIBITION OF CASH SETTLEMENTS RESULTING FROM THE 
                   LAWFUL APPLICATION OF THE ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY 
                   FOR VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 275(A) OF THE 
                   IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT.

       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal 
     funds may be used for settlement payments to individuals who, 
     as a result of their violation of section 275(a) of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1325(a)), and in 
     accordance with the policy described in the memorandum of the 
     Attorney General regarding ``Zero-Tolerance for Offenses 
     Under 8 U.S.C. Sec.  1325(a)'', issued on April 6, 2018, were 
     detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection if such 
     payments are intended to compensate such individuals for 
     being separated from family members during such detention.
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