[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 112 (Saturday, June 28, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S4031]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SA 2648. Mr. BENNET submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2360 proposed by Mr. Thune (for Mr. Graham) to the bill
H.R. 1, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con.
Res. 14; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 840, between lines 18 and 19, insert the
following:
(d) Exception.--The fees under this subtitle shall not
apply to an individual determined to be an unaccompanied
alien child (as defined in section 462(g) of the Homeland
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g))).
On page 899, between lines 6 and 7, insert the following:
SEC. 100019. UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHILDREN CAPACITY.
(a) Appropriation.--In addition to amounts otherwise
available, there is appropriated to the Office of Refugee
Resettlement for fiscal year 2025, out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $3,000,000,000 to remain
available until September 30, 2029, for use as described in
subsection (b).
(b) Use of Funds.--The funds made available under
subsection (a) shall be used for the Office of Refugee
Resettlement pursuant to section 235 of the William
Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization
Act of 2008 (8 U.S.C. 1232), of which not less than
$750,000,000 shall be used for unaccompanied children's legal
services, post-release services, and child advocates.
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