ALCATRAZ Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5026 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5026

To establish in the Department of Homeland Security a grant program to 
  reimburse States the costs incurred by such States relating to the 
 detention of migrants at detention facilities in such States, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 22, 2025

 Mr. McDowell (for himself, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Ms. Boebert, Ms. Lee 
of Florida, Mr. Donalds, Mr. Harrigan, and Mr. Moore of North Carolina) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, for 
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To establish in the Department of Homeland Security a grant program to 
  reimburse States the costs incurred by such States relating to the 
 detention of migrants at detention facilities in such 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 ``Accelerated Logistics and 
Coordination for Arresting, Transporting, and Removing Aliens Zones 
Act'' or the ``ALCATRAZ Act''.

SEC. 2. DHS GRANT PROGRAM RELATING TO DETENTION OF MIGRANTS.

    (a) In General.--There is established in the Department of Homeland 
Security a grant program, to be known as the ``Detention and Logistics 
Program'' (in this section referred to as the ``Program''), to 
reimburse States and local governments the costs incurred, on and after 
January 20, 2025, by such States or local governments, as the case may 
be, relating to the detention of migrants at detention facilities in 
such States.
    (b) Application.--To be eligible for reimbursement under the 
Program, a State or local government, as the case may be, shall submit 
to the Secretary of Homeland Security an application at such time, in 
such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may 
require.
    (c) Funding.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall transfer the 
unobligated balances of all amounts made available as of the date of 
the enactment of this Act to the ``Shelter and Services Program'' 
administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to, and merge 
such balances with, appropriate accounts of the Department of Homeland 
Security to carry out the Program.
    (d) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the 
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a 
report that includes the following:
            (1) A plan for--
                    (A) coordinating with States to rapidly construct 
                new migrant detention facilities; and
                    (B) identifying Federal or State properties that 
                might be used for such construction.
            (2) The identification of underutilized, wasteful, or 
        redundant accounts the funding of which could be better 
        utilized by the Detention and Logistics Program of the 
        Department of Homeland Security.
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