[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 8 (Wednesday, January 15, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S193]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 66. Mr. MURPHY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him 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 3, line 8, strike the end quote and final period 
     and insert the following:
       ``(4) Exemption for young children.--The mandatory 
     detention requirement set forth in paragraph (1)(E) shall not 
     apply to children who are younger than 14 years of age.''.
       (b) Special Rule.-- Nothing in this Act, or the amendments 
     made by this Act, may be construed to supersede or modify the 
     Stipulated Settlement Agreement filed in Reno v. Flores in 
     the United States District Court for the Central District of 
     California on January 17, 1997 (CV 85-4544-RJK) (commonly 
     known as the ``Flores Settlement Agreement''), or subsequent 
     court decisions related to such agreement.
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