S.Amdt. 2969

SA 2969. Mr. TILLIS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 14, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2022 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal
years 2023 through 2031; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

At the end of title III, add the following:

SEC. 3 __. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO DEFINING
CRIMINAL STREET GANGS FOR THE PURPOSE OF
DETERMINING ADMISSIBILITY TO THE UNITED STATES,
DEPORTATION OF PERSONS ALREADY IN THE UNITED
STATES OR THE GRANTING OF REGISTERED
PROVISIONAL IMMIGRATION STATUS; INCLUDE GROUPS
THAT COMMIT CRIMES UNDER STATE AND FOREIGN LAWS
AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL FEDERAL CRIMES, SUCH AS
WITNESS INTIMIDATION AND RACKETEERING. THE
AMENDMENT ALSO WOULD REMOVE A PROVISION TO
ALLOW THE HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY TO WAIVE
THE PROVISION IF THE INDIVIDUAL IN QUESTION HAS
RENOUNCED HIS OR HER ASSOCIATION WITH THE GANG
AND IS NOT A SECURITY THREAT.

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution,
and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or
more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between
the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
defining criminal street gangs for the purpose of determining
admissibility to the United States, deportation of persons
already in the United States or the granting of registered
provisional immigration status; include groups that commit
crimes under state and foreign laws as well

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as additional federal crimes, such as witness intimidation
and racketeering. The amendment also would remove a provision
to allow the Homeland Security secretary to waive the
provision if the individual in question has renounced his or
her association with the gang and is not a security threat by
the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes,
provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit
over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2022
through 2026 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2022
through 2031.
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