S.Amdt. 2545

SA 2545. Mr. MARSHALL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 2137 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for Ms. Sinema (for
herself, Mr. Portman, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Cassidy, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms.
Collins, Mr. Tester, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Romney)) to the
bill H.R. 3684, to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway
safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in division J, insert the
following:
Sec. ___. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), none of
the funds made available by this Act may be used to transport
an alien described in subsection (b) from a location at which
the alien is held in the custody of the Secretary of Homeland
Security, or other Federal or State custody, to a location at
which the alien would be paroled or otherwise released from
such custody.
(b) An alien described in this subsection is an alien (as
defined in section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a))) who--
(1) is unlawfully present in the United States; and
(2)(A)(i) has not been tested for COVID-19 during the
preceding 10-day period; or
(ii) has been tested for COVID-19 during the preceding 10-
day period and received a positive test result;
(B) has not been fully vaccinated against COVID-19; or
(C) has symptoms of COVID-19.
(c) Funds made available by this Act may be used to
transport an alien described in subsection (b) for purposes
of removal or deportation.
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