S.Amdt. 4236

SA 4236. Mr. DAINES (for himself, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Burr, Mr.
Lankford, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Tuberville, Mr. Cotton,
Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Lee, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Cassidy, Ms.
Lummis, Mr. Braun, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Young, Mr. Toomey, Mr.
Rubio, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Wicker, Mrs. Capito,
Ms. Collins, Mr. Risch, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Hawley, Mr. Barrasso, and Mr.
Scott of South Carolina) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed
to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle A of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1004. PROHIBITION OF CASH SETTLEMENTS RESULTING FROM THE
LAWFUL APPLICATION OF THE ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY
FOR VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 275(A) OF THE
IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal
funds may be used for settlement payments to individuals who,
as a result of their violation of section 275(a) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1325(a)), and in
accordance with the policy described in the memorandum of the
Attorney General regarding ``Zero-Tolerance for Offenses
Under 8 U.S.C. Sec.  1325(a)'', issued on April 6, 2018, were
detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection if such
payments are intended to compensate such individuals for
being separated from family members during such detention.
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