S.Amdt. 1493

SA 1493. Mr. TUBERVILLE submitted an amendment intended to be
submitted by him to the bill H.R. 815, to amend title 38, United States
Code, to make certain improvements relating to the eligibility of
veterans to receive reimbursement for emergency treatment furnished
through the Veterans Community Care program, and for other purposes;
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. OPERATIONAL DETENTION FACILITIES.

(a) In General.--Not later than June 30, 2024, the
Secretary of Homeland Security shall take all necessary
actions to reopen or restore all U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement detention facilities that were in operation on
January 20, 2021, and subsequently closed or with respect to
which the use was altered, reduced, or discontinued after
January 20, 2021. In carrying out this subsection, the
Secretary may use the authority under section 103(a)(11) of
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1103(a)(11)).
(b) Specific Facilities.--The requirement under subsection
(a) shall include at a minimum, reopening, or restoring, the
following facilities:
(1) Irwin County Detention Center in Georgia.
(2) C. Carlos Carreiro Immigration Detention Center in
Bristol County, Massachusetts.
(3) Etowah County Detention Center in Gadsden, Alabama.
(4) Glades County Detention Center in Moore Haven, Florida.
(5) South Texas Family Residential Center.
(c) Exception.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and
(3), the Secretary of Homeland Security is authorized to
obtain equivalent capacity for detention facilities at
locations other than the facilities listed in subsection (b).
(2) Limitation.--The Secretary may not take action under
paragraph (1) unless the capacity obtained would result in a
reduction of time and cost relative to the cost and time
otherwise required to obtain such capacity.
(3) South texas family residential center.--The exception
under paragraph (1) shall not apply to the South Texas Family
Residential Center. The Secretary shall take all necessary
steps to modify and operate the South Texas Family
Residential Center in the same manner and capability as it
was operating on January 20, 2021.
(d) Periodic Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter
until September 30, 2027, the Secretary of Homeland Security
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a
detailed plan for and a status report on--
(1) compliance with the deadline under subsection (a);
(2) the increase in detention capabilities required by this
section--
(A) for the 90 day period immediately preceding the date
such report is submitted; and
(B) for the period beginning on the first day of the fiscal
year during which the report is submitted, and ending on the
date such report is submitted;
(3) the number of detention beds that were used and the
number of available detention beds that were not used
during--
(A) the 90-day period immediately preceding the date such
report is submitted; and
(B) the period beginning on the first day of the fiscal
year during which the report is submitted and ending on the
date on which such report is submitted;
(4) the number of aliens released due to a lack of
available detention beds; and
(5) the resources the Department of Homeland Security needs
in order to comply with the requirements under this section.
(e) Notification.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall
notify Congress, and include with such notification a
detailed description of the resources the Department of
Homeland Security needs to detain all aliens whose detention
is mandatory or nondiscretionary under the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.)--
(1) not later than 5 days after all U.S. Immigration and
Customs Enforcement detention facilities reach 90 percent of
capacity;
(2) not later than 5 days after all U.S. Immigration and
Customs Enforcement detention facilities reach 95 percent of
capacity; and
(3) not later than 5 days after all U.S. Immigration and
Customs Enforcement detention facilities reach full capacity.
(f) Appropriate Congressional Committees.--In this section,
the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(1) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate;
(2) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;
(3) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of
Representatives; and
(4) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives.
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