S.Amdt. 57

SA 57. Mr. MURPHY 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:

Beginning on page 3, strike line 9 and all that follows
through page 8, line 10, and insert the following:

SEC. 3. ENFORCEMENT BY ATTORNEY GENERAL OF A STATE.

(a) Standing.--The attorney general of a State, or other
authorized State officer, alleging that firearms shipped,
transported, transferred, or otherwise disposed to another
person across the border of the United States in or otherwise
affecting interstate or foreign commerce, harms such State or
its residents shall have standing to bring an action against
the Secretary of Homeland Security on behalf of such State or
the residents of such State in an appropriate district court
of the United States to obtain appropriate injunctive relief.
(b) Disposition of Civil Action.--The court shall advance
on the docket and expedite the disposition of a civil action
filed pursuant to subsection (a) to the greatest extent
practicable.
(c) Harm Defined.--For purposes of this section, a State or
its residents shall be considered to have been harmed if such
State or its residents experience harm, including financial
harm in excess of $100.
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