S.Amdt. 25

SA 25. Mr. COONS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 5, to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to
take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States
with theft, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:

At the end of the bill, add the following:

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

Section 2, and the amendments made by section 2, shall not
take effect until the date that is 60 days after the date on
which the Secretary of Homeland Security publishes in the
Federal Register a certification to Congress, with the basis
of the findings contained therein, that there is available
the operational detention capacity, transportation capacity,
and personnel to ensure that the amendments made by that
section can be implemented without causing the release of, or
an inability to detain or remove, aliens who present serious
threats to public safety or serious flight risks.
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