S.Amdt. 3350

SA 3350. Mr. COBURN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 3192 submitted by Mr. Specter (for himself, Mr. Leahy, and
Mr. Hagel) to the bill S. 2454, to amend the Immigration and
Nationality Act to provide for comprehensive reform and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. COMMUNICATION BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND THE
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY.

(a) In General.--Section 642 of the Illegal Immigration
Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C.
1373) is amended--
(1) by striking ``Immigration and Naturalization Service''
and inserting ``Department of Homeland Security'' each place
it appears; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(d) Enforcement.--
``(1) Ineligibility for federal law enforcement aid.--Upon
a determination that any person, or any Federal, State, or
local government agency or entity, is in violation of
subsection (a) or (b), the Attorney General shall not provide
to that person, agency, or entity any grant amount pursuant
to any law enforcement grant program carried out by any
element of the Department of Justice, including the program
under section 241(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
(8 U.S.C. 241(i)), and shall ensure that no such grant
amounts are provided, directly or indirectly, to such person,
agency, or entity. In the case of grant amounts that
otherwise would be provided to such person, agency, or entity
pursuant to a formula, such amounts shall be reallocated
among eligible recipients.
``(2) Violations by government officials.--In any case in
which a Federal , State, or local government official is in
violation of subsection (a) or (b), the government agency or
entity that employs (or, at the time of the violation,
employed) the official shall be subject to the sanction under
paragraph (1).
``(3) Duration.--The sanction under paragraph (1) shall
remain in effect until the Attorney General determines that
the person, agency, or entity has ceased violating
subsections (a) and (b).''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a)
shall apply to grant requests pending on or after the date of
the enactment of this Act.
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