S.Amdt. 373

SA 373. Mrs. FEINSTEIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill H.R. 1268, Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, to establish and rapidly implement regulations for State driver's license and identification document security standards, to prevent terrorists from abusing the asylum laws of the United States, to unify terrorism-related grounds for inadmissibility and removal, to ensure expeditious construction of the San Diego border fence, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. STATE CRIMINAL ALIEN ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

(a) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 241(i)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(i)(5)) is amended by striking “appropriated” and all that follows through the period and inserting the following: “appropriated to carry out this subsection--“(A) such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2005; “(B) $750,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; “(C) $850,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; and “(D) $950,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2011.”.

(b) Limitation on Use of Funds.--Section 241(i)(6) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(i)(6)) is amended to read as follows:

“(6) Amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in paragraph (5) that are distributed to a State or political subdivision of a State, including a municipality, may be used only for correctional purposes.”.