[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 8 (Wednesday, January 15, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S187-S188]
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SA 50. Mrs. BLACKBURN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the bill S. 5, to require the Secretary of Homeland Security
to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States
with theft, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:
On page 2, line 5, strike ``Section'' and insert the
following:
(a) In General.--Section
On page 2, line 21, strike ``(4)'' and insert ``(5)''.
[[Page S188]]
On page 3, line 8, strike the end quote and final period
and insert the following:
``(4) Construction or acquisition of federal detention
facilities.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall
construct or acquire, in addition to existing facilities for
the detention of aliens, as provided in paragraph (3), 20
detention facilities in the United States, which shall be
used to temporarily house aliens detained pending removal
from the United States or a decision regarding such removal.
Each facility shall have a sufficient number of beds
necessary to house such aliens.
``(B) Determinations.--The location of any detention
facility built or acquired pursuant to this subsection shall
be determined by the Assistant Director of the Custody
Management Division of Enforcement and Removal Operations.''.
(b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--Section 241(g)(1)
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(g)(1))
is amended by striking ``may expend from the appropriation
`Immigration and Naturalization Service--Salaries and
Expenses','' and inserting ``shall expend from the
appropriation `U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement--
Operations and Support',''.
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