[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 199 (Tuesday, November 16, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S8279]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4696. Mr. HAGERTY 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. 10_. ADVANCE CONSULTATION WITH STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS 
                   AND MONTHLY REPORTS TO CONGRESS REGARDING THE 
                   RESETTLEMENT, TRANSPORTATION, AND RELOCATION OF 
                   ALIENS IN THE UNITED STATES.

       (a) Consultation Requirement.--Not later than 3 business 
     days before any resettlement, transportation, or relocation 
     of non-detained aliens in the United States that is directed, 
     administered, or funded by the Federal Government, the 
     Secretary of Health and Human Services (in the case of 
     minors) or the Secretary of Homeland Security (in the case of 
     adults), as appropriate, shall consult with the governors and 
     municipal chief executives of the directly affected States 
     and local jurisdictions regarding the proposed resettlement, 
     transportation, or relocation.
       (b) Reports Required.--Not later than 7 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, and monthly thereafter, the 
     Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of 
     Homeland Security, in consultation with other appropriate 
     Federal officials, shall--
       (1) submit a State-specific report regarding the 
     resettlement, transportation, or relocation of non-detained 
     aliens in the United States during the previous month that 
     was directed, administered, or funded by the Federal 
     Government or that involved aliens subject to the U.S. 
     Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Alternatives to 
     Detention program that contains the information described in 
     subsection (c) to--
       (A) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate;
       (B) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;
       (C) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
     Representatives;
       (D) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives; and
       (E) the governor of each of the affected States; and
       (2) make the report described in paragraph (1) available on 
     a publicly accessible website.
       (c) Contents.--Each report under subsection (b) shall 
     contain, with respect to each State--
       (1) the number of aliens resettled, transported, or 
     relocated during the previous month and the current calendar 
     year, disaggregated by--
       (A) the numbers of single adults, members of family units, 
     and minors;
       (B) age;
       (C) sex; and
       (D) country of origin;
       (2) the methods used to determine the ages of such aliens;
       (3) the methods used to verify the familial status of such 
     aliens;
       (4) the types of settings in which such aliens are being 
     resettled, transported, or relocated, which may be aggregated 
     by the general type of setting;
       (5) a summary of the educational or occupational resources 
     or assistance provided to such aliens;
       (6) whether such aliens are granted permits to work and how 
     any such aliens without a work permit will financially 
     support themselves;
       (7) the amounts and types of Federal resources spent on 
     alien resettlement, transportation, or relocation; and
       (8) whether the aliens are being resettled, transported, or 
     relocated on a temporary or permanent basis, disaggregated 
     by--
       (A) the numbers of single adults, members of family units, 
     and minors;
       (B) age;
       (C) sex; and
       (D) country of origin.
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