S.Amdt. 4721

SA 4721. Mr. ROUNDS (for himself and Mr. Thune) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 4685 proposed by Mr.
Shelby (for himself and Ms. Mikulski) to the bill H.R. 2578, making
appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science,
and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

After section 217, insert the following:
Sec. 2__. (a) Of amounts made available by this title for
the Office of Justice Programs to be used for tribal criminal
justice assistance, the Assistant Attorney General for the
Office of Justice Programs shall use not more than
$25,000,000 to replace outdated detention facilities located
on Indian land that the United States has determined to be
unfit for detention purposes and beyond rehabilitation.
(b) In conducting activities described in subsection (a),
the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice
Programs shall give priority to detention facilities located
on the land of Indian tribes with not fewer than 10,000
members and that demonstrate readiness and preparedness to
commence construction.
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