ICE Agent Support Act of 2016
This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to refund out of the Immigration Enforcement Account the amount paid out of any appropriation for expenses incurred by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for:
DHS shall establish the percentage of positions within the division that shall be classified as a criminal investigator position.
[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4597 Introduced in House (IH)]
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114th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4597
To provide resources and incentives for the enforcement of immigration
laws in the interior of the United States and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 24, 2016
Mr. Brooks of Alabama introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary
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A BILL
To provide resources and incentives for the enforcement of immigration
laws in the interior of the United States and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``ICE Agent Support Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. USE OF FUNDS IN THE IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT ACCOUNT.
Section 280 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1330)
is amended--
(1) by striking ``Attorney General'' each place that term
appears and inserting ``Secretary of Homeland Security''; and
(2) in subsection (b)(3), by striking subparagraph (A) and
inserting the following:
``(A) The Secretary of the Treasury shall refund out of the
Immigration Enforcement Account to any appropriation the amount paid
out of such appropriation for expenses incurred by the Secretary of
Homeland Security for--
``(i) the identification, investigation, apprehension,
detention, and removal of criminal aliens, including providing
the staffing levels within the Enforcement and Removal
Operations division of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
necessary to carry out statutorily authorized enforcement
operations;
``(ii) the maintenance and updating of systems used by the
Enforcement and Removal Operations division of U.S. Immigration
and Customs Enforcement to identify and track criminal aliens,
deportable aliens, inadmissible aliens, and aliens illegally
entering the United States; and
``(iii) the purchase of firearms, vehicles, and other
safety or apprehension equipment for the Enforcement and
Removal Operations division of U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement.''.
SEC. 3. CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION SERIES POSITIONS IN THE DIVISION OF
ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL OPERATIONS OF U.S. IMMIGRATION
AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT.
Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the
Secretary of Homeland Security shall establish the percentage of
positions within the Enforcement and Removal Operations division of
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that shall be classified as a
criminal investigator position, consistent with the requirements and
standards for occupational classification series 1811, dedicated to
enforcing the criminal statutory provisions of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.).
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
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