[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 95 (Thursday, June 4, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S2622]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5772. Mr. KELLY 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:

        At the appropriate place in title II, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. __. REINFORCEMENT OF PROTECTIONS FOR MILITARY FAMILIES 
                   TO SEEK IMMIGRATION RELIEF.

       (a) Limitation on Use of Funds.--None of the funds made 
     available under this Act may be used for purposes or 
     activities that would limit, restrict, or otherwise prohibit 
     a military family, including the parent, spouse, widow, 
     widower, and sons and daughters of a member of the Armed 
     Forces or a veteran, from applying for relief under section 
     212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
     1182(d)(5)), including use of funds to arrest, detain, 
     deport, or remove a member of the Armed Forces or veteran, or 
     their parent, spouse, widow, widower, son or daughter.
       (b) Redirection of Homeland Security Appropriations.--
       (1) U.S. immigration and customs enforcement.--The amount 
     appropriated under section 202 shall be reduced by 
     $31,075,000,000.
       (2) Military family application processing.--In addition to 
     amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the 
     Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services for 
     fiscal year 2026, out of money in the Treasury not otherwise 
     appropriated, $2,500,000,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2029, for the purposes of processing of 
     applications submitted to the Department of Homeland Security 
     by members of the Armed Forces or veterans, or their parents, 
     spouses, widows, widowers, sons or daughters, for relief 
     under section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5)) or any other relief that may be 
     provided under the Immigration and National Act (8 U.S.C. 
     1101 et seq.).
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