[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3293-S3294]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6083. Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Gallego, Mr. 
Kelly, and Mr. Kaine) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

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

     SEC. 10___. RESPECT FOR LOCAL COMMUNITIES.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the 
     ``Respect for Local Communities Act''.
       (b) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Appropriate local government officials.--The term 
     ``appropriate local government officials'' means--
       (A) the mayor, county executive, or equivalent elected 
     official of the town, city, county or other local 
     jurisdiction in which a new processing facility or detention 
     center will be located; and
       (B) a majority of the town council, city council, county 
     council, county commission, or equivalent legislative 
     authority in which a new processing facility or detention 
     center will be located.
       (2) New processing site or detention center.--The term 
     ``new processing site or detention center'' means any 
     facility operated by, or pursuant to a contract with, U.S. 
     Immigration and Customs Enforcement, including any facility 
     designed under the Detention Reengineering Initiative, that, 
     beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
     will be used to temporarily hold persons pending the 
     resolution or completion of immigration removal operations or 
     processes.
       (c) Requirements for New ICE Processing Sites and Detention 
     Centers.--The Department of Homeland Security or any other 
     Federal agency may not initiate the construction, 
     acquisition, renovation, or operation of, or otherwise 
     acquire an interest in real property to be used as, a new 
     processing site or detention center for U.S. Immigration and 
     Customs Enforcement until--
       (1) the relevant Federal agency issues a public notice in 
     the Federal Register that--
       (A) is open for public comments for a period lasting at 
     least 30 days;
       (B) describes the scope of the construction, acquisition, 
     renovation, or operation;
       (C) includes information regarding such agency's due 
     diligence process, which shall explain how such agency will 
     comply with--
       (i) Federal guidance and standards related to immigration 
     detention; and
       (ii) applicable environmental regulations;
       (D) includes any other information or documentation 
     relevant to such new processing site or detention center; and
       (E) includes an economic impact analysis and an engineering 
     review that addresses the site or center's waste exportation, 
     water usage, and electrical demand;
       (2) after the conclusion of the public comment period, the 
     head of the relevant Federal agency--
       (A) considers and responds to significant comments received 
     in accordance with subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5, 
     United States Code; and
       (B) enters into a signed, written agreement with 
     appropriate local government officials and the Governor of 
     the State in which such processing site or detention center 
     will be located that authorizes such construction, 
     acquisition, renovation, or operation, as applicable; and
       (3) at least 30 days has elapsed since the head of the 
     relevant Federal agency submitted a report to the Committee 
     on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, 
     the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, the Committee 
     on the Judiciary of the Senate, the Committee on Homeland 
     Security of the House of Representatives, the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and

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     the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
     Representatives regarding such planned construction, 
     acquisition, renovation, or operation that includes a fully 
     executed copy of the agreement described in paragraph (2).
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