[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 95 (Thursday, June 4, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S2595]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5641. Mr. WARNOCK submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 5453 proposed by Mr. Graham to the bill S. 2, to 
provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 33.; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        Strike section 202 and insert the following:

     SEC. 202. U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT.

       (a) In General.--In addition to amounts otherwise 
     available, there is appropriated to the Director of U.S. 
     Immigration and Customs Enforcement for fiscal year 2026, out 
     of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
     $31,074,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
     2029, for the following purposes:
       (1) Hiring, paying, and equipping.--Hiring, paying, and 
     equipping U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel 
     and the personnel for all its directorates, including 
     officers, agents, investigators, attorneys and support staff, 
     to carry out immigration enforcement activities.
       (2) Transportation.--Funding for transportation costs and 
     related costs associated with alien departure or removal 
     operations.
       (3) Information technology.--Funding for information 
     technology maintenance and sustainment to support enforcement 
     and removal operations, including improvements to fee 
     collections and body-worn cameras.
       (4) Facility maintenance and sustainment.--Funding for 
     facility maintenance and sustainment to support enforcement 
     and removal operations.
       (5) Fleet maintenance and sustainment.--Funding for fleet 
     maintenance and sustainment to support enforcement and 
     removal operations.
       (6) 287(g) agreements.--Supporting coordination with state 
     and local authorities by expanding, facilitating, and 
     implementing agreements under section 287(g) of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1357(g)).
       (7) Office of the principal legal advisor.--Hiring and 
     paying attorneys and the necessary support staff within the 
     Office of the Principal Legal Advisor to represent the 
     Department in immigration enforcement and removal 
     proceedings.
       (8) Operation and maintenance.--Necessary expenses for U.S. 
     Immigration and Customs Enforcement's mission support, 
     including awards, and operations and maintenance for its 
     immigration enforcement functions.
       (9) Operations by u.s. immigration and customs enforcement 
     to arrest released covered unlawful aliens.--
       (A) In general.--Not less than $350,000,000 for U.S. 
     Immigration and Customs Enforcement for necessary expenses, 
     in accordance with existing law, of detainer management, 
     detainer issuance, custodial transfer, release monitoring, 
     transportation, and arrests of covered unlawful aliens 
     encountered in jurisdictions that are not qualified 
     cooperating jurisdictions, except that no Indian tribal 
     government shall be treated as a jurisdiction that is not a 
     qualified cooperating jurisdiction for purposes of this 
     subparagraph.
       (B) Qualified cooperating jurisdiction defined.--In this 
     paragraph, the term ``qualified cooperating jurisdiction'' 
     means a State or political subdivision of a State that, as of 
     the date of the enactment of this Act--
       (i) is party to a written agreement in effect under section 
     287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
     1357(g)); or
       (ii) has in effect, and has filed with the Secretary in 
     such form and manner as the Secretary may prescribe, a 
     certification that such State or political subdivision is in 
     compliance with section 642 of the Illegal Immigration Reform 
     and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1373) and 
     section 434 of the Personal Responsibility and Work 
     Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1644).
       (C) Limitation on use of funds.--None of the funds 
     appropriated pursuant to this paragraph may be used, except 
     as required by existing law, to release, parole, place on 
     alternatives to detention, transport for purposes of release, 
     or otherwise facilitate the release into the community of any 
     covered unlawful alien encountered.
       (D) Covered unlawful alien defined.--In this paragraph, the 
     term ``covered unlawful alien'' means an adult alien who--
       (i) is described in section 236(c)(1) of the Immigration 
     and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1226(c)(1));
       (ii) is inadmissible under section 212(a)(2) of such Act (8 
     U.S.C. 1182(a)(2));
       (iii) is deportable under section 237(a)(2) of such Act (8 
     U.S.C. 1227(a)(2));
       (iv) following an arrest, charge, booking, or conviction 
     for a criminal offense under Federal, State, or local law, 
     other than a minor traffic offense, is the subject of an 
     immigration detainer, notice request, or custody-transfer 
     request issued by the Department of Homeland Security 
     pursuant to section 236, 241(a), or 287 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 
     1226, 1231(a), or 1357); or
       (v) has been charged with or convicted of an offense 
     described in section 275 or 276 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1325 or 
     1326).
       (b) Limitation.--There is $50,000,000 appropriated for 
     training for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement 
     personnel that is not less extensive than the curricula and 
     hours of training required for U.S. Immigration and Customs 
     Enforcement personnel on January 1, 2024.
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