Oakley Warns Reimagining Safety Act Could Undermine Public Safety and National Security

The bill repeals terrorism safeguards, leaves drug, weapons, and child trafficking enforcement unassigned, repeals deportation for noncitizens who vote illegally, releases detainees with criminal records, and defunds deportation enforcement. She Invites Rep. Ramirez to Debate.

WHEATON, IL - Oct 20 - Angel Oakley, candidate for Congress in Illinois’ 3rd District, today released a section-by-section response to H.R. 10803, the “Reimagining Safety Act,” introduced October 13 by Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-IL).

The bill would abolish the Department of Homeland Security and repeal the Homeland Security Act of 2002.

Oakley shares some of its stated goals: better disaster response, stronger oversight of federal agencies, and protecting Americans’ privacy. However, the text does not deliver what the announcement promises, and it violates the Preamble of the US Constitution. 

What the announcement promises vs. what the bill says:

The strongest concerns

Detention ends, with no carve-out for criminal records.

• Sec. 302(a): Within six months, the Attorney General must release on their own recognizance “any noncitizen detained by the Attorney General.” There is no exception for violent crime, felony convictions, or security risk.
• Sec. 302(b)(4)-(5): Repeals INA §236, which covers detention during proceedings including mandatory detention categories, and strikes §241(a), which covers detention after a final order.
• Sec. 302(c), 303: Detention contracts end within two years, ankle monitors come off within six months, and funding is barred.

Repeals two provisions for deportation in the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) of 1952.

• Sec. 302 (10): Repeals two reasons in the INA Sec. 237 (a) (5) and (6) for deportation: 1) Non-citizens who become a public charge within five years of entry from causes not shown to have arisen post-entry are subject to deportation.  2) Non-citizens who vote in violation of any federal, state, or local law are deportable. A narrow waiver may apply under specific conditions involving citizen parents, early permanent residency, and a reasonable belief of citizenship.  

Deportation requires an act of Congress, one person at a time.

• Sec. 106(b): The Attorney General “shall not execute the removal” of a noncitizen unless a joint resolution approving that removal is enacted.
• Sec. 106(a): The Attorney General or Deputy must personally authorize the start of any removal case.
• Sec. 304(a), 302(b)(7)-(9): Ends 287(g) agreements, requires immediate release of anyone held under one, and repeals the laws on local arrests of deported felons and on information sharing with federal immigration authorities.

Terrorism and security tools repealed.

• Sec. 304(c)(2)(A): Repeals the terrorism inadmissibility ground, INA §212(a)(3)(B).
• Sec. 304(c)(2)(B): Repeals the Foreign Terrorist Organization designation power after one year, and every existing designation terminates.
• Sec. 301(a)(4): Bars funding for fusion centers and for the terrorism and targeted-violence prevention grants.
• Sec. 304(b)(1)-(2), (b)(7), (c)(4), (c)(5): Repeals national security letters, requires a warrant for federal purchases of commercial information on U.S. persons (no exception for open public data), limits watchlists to people with a conviction or warrant, bans profiling systems, and strips national security as a basis for privilege in federal discovery.
• Sec. 304(c)(2)(C): Sanctions under IEEPA would need congressional approval after 30 days, and existing emergency sanctions end after 180 days unless Congress acts.
• Sec. 304(c)(1): Closes Guantánamo in 60 days and releases every detainee. Those not convicted or charged with a federal crime choose their destination, which may include the United States.

Border and drafting problems.

• The bill bars border wall funding (Sec. 301(a)(4)), ends the tower program, and orders border surveillance contracts terminated within 60 days.
• Sec. 106(c)(3) refers to a 30-day period that appears nowhere in the bill, and Sec. 101(d)(4) is missing words.

Where Oakley and the sponsor agree

• Better disaster response. Title II would give FEMA career liaison staff and restore mitigation funding.
• Stronger oversight of federal agencies.
• Protecting Americans’ privacy.

“None of these require releasing criminals or dismantling national security,” Oakley said.  “Serious allegations of deaths in custody or misuse of force deserve independent investigation and accountability under existing law.”

Oakley’s approach: cooperation, enforcement, reform

• Common Ground. ICE should follow the law; Immigration enforcement should be transparent; People should not be mistakenly deported; Immigration enforcement and humane treatment can coexist.
• Cooperation. She calls for cooperation among federal and state officials and law enforcement agencies.
• Strike the release provisions. She supports removing, or if enacted repealing, the parts of the Safety Act that release criminals.
• TRUST Act. She supports repealing the parts of the TRUST Act that prevent local and federal law enforcement from cooperating to deport non-citizen criminals at the jail.
• Dignity. She supports negotiating a resolution of the Dignity Act as part of comprehensive immigration reform. Eligible immigrants continuously present since December 31, 2020, the date the Act uses, could earn a valid “Dignity Status” if they pass background checks, pay restitution, and pay any back taxes owed. The bipartisan Dignity Act is built on registration and criminal background checks. Screening is the opposite of releasing everyone. Dignity Policy Review
• Fix the backlog. Reform fails if applications sit unprocessed, and USCIS now has about 12.1 million pending cases, a record. At the current pace, clearing it would take roughly two years. Oakley would put routine cases on an automated track. When documents and sponsorship are complete and verifiable against government records, and no security flag appears, the system issues an immediate approval. Any flag, gap, or inconsistency goes to a human officer, who also handles every complex case. The system can approve, but it can never deny. People audit its results, and the results are published. The Reimagining Safety Act answers the backlog with a reorganization (Sec. 105 moves USCIS to DOJ) and two study panels (Sec. 402(f)-(g)). It has no provisions on processing capacity, staffing, or technology. AIC Backlog

What the bill’s defenders say

Supporters note that criminal prosecution continues and that immigration detention is civil, not punishment. True. But the bill also removes the main authorities to hold a person after a sentence ends, bars removal without a separate act of Congress, and draws no line between a person with no record and one with a violent conviction. Supporters also say the terrorism provisions curb overbroad powers. Narrowing is a fair debate. This bill repeals the inadmissibility ground and designation power outright, with no replacement standard.

“Rep. Ramirez is right that DHS should follow the law, and wrong that the answer is to change the law to release detainees regardless of record, require Congress to approve each deportation, repeal terrorism screening, and repeal deportation penalty for noncitizens who illegally vote or become dependent on the public charge (welfare). Reform should be fast for people who play by the rules and tough on those who don’t. My approach is measured, balanced, and protects the interests of the American people.” - Angel Oakley

MEDIA INTERVIEWS AND DEBATE INVITATION

Angel Oakley is available for interviews on the Reimagining Safety Act and its effects on immigration enforcement, public safety, national security, and disaster response. She also invites Rep. Delia Ramirez to a public debate on the bill’s provisions, rationale, and consequences, moderated by a neutral party, at a time and venue agreeable to both campaigns. Voters deserve to hear the arguments, see the facts, and ask hard questions. 

Please respond by Oct. 24, 2026, ahead of Election Day, to Mary Plepel. 

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Media Contact: Mary Plepel, [email protected]

 

 

 

 

....................FULL TEXT OF THE BILL .................................................

(Original Signature of Member)

119TH CONGRESS  2D SESSION H. R. ll

To abolish the Department of Homeland Security and establish a Department of Community Safety, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Mrs. RAMIREZ introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee

A BILL

To abolish the Department of Homeland Security and establish a Department of Community Safety, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Reimagining Safety

5 Act’’.

6 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

7 The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title.

Sec. 2. Table of contents.

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Sec. 3. Policy statement.

TITLE I—ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF

COMMUNITY SAFETY

Sec. 101. Establishment of the Department of Community Safety.

Sec. 102. Transferring certain agencies to Department of Community Safety.

Sec. 103. Transferring certain agencies to the Department of Transportation.

Sec. 104. Transferring certain functions to the Department of the Treasury.

Sec. 105. Transferring certain functions to the Department of Justice.

Sec. 106. Limitation on removal authority.

TITLE II—FEMA REFORMS AND RESILIENCE PROGRAMS

Sec. 201. FEMA regional resilience, staffing, and mitigation responsibilities.

TITLE III—ABOLISHMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND

SECURITY

Sec. 301. Department of Homeland Security.

Sec. 302. Abolish immigration detention; repeal of detention authority and enforcement.

Sec. 303. Removal of enforcement authorities.

Sec. 304. Immigration enforcement agreements; civil liberties.

TITLE IV—INVESTING IN COMMUNITY

Sec. 401. Immigration and Nationality Act definitions.

Sec. 402. Investing in community safety.

1 SEC. 3. POLICY STATEMENT.

2 Congress finds the following:

3 (1) True safety is cultivated through universal

4 care, economic equity, housing stability, and climate

5 justice.

6 (2) Peace and liberation are rooted in collective

7 care and community well-being.

8 (3) Our safety is interdependent and inter9

connected to the safety of our neighbors.

10 (4) Hierarchies of human value, scapegoating,

11 and dehumanization are harmful and dangerous.

12 (5) Immigrants are our families, friends, and

13 neighbors.

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1 (6) Our safety is protected through oversight,

2 the rule of law, due process, and public account3

ability.

4 (7) Safety is built through a robust social safe5

ty net and community-driven, community-led inter6

vention.

7 (8) Civil liberties and privacy are non-negotiable

8 foundations of a safe, democratic society.

9 (9) We brought the Department of Homeland

10 Security into this world, and we can build a world

11 without it, too.

12 TITLE I—ESTABLISHMENT OF

13 THE DEPARTMENT OF COM14

MUNITY SAFETY

15 SEC. 101. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COM16

MUNITY SAFETY.

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—There is established a Depart18

ment of Community Safety (in this section referred to as

19 the ‘‘Department’’), as an executive department of the

20 United States within the meaning of title 5, United States

21 Code.

22 (b) SECRETARY.—

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—There is a Secretary of

24 Community Safety (in this section referred to as the

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1 ‘‘Secretary’’), appointed by the President, by and

2 with the advice and consent of the Senate.

3 (2) HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT.—The Sec4

retary is the head of the Department and shall have

5 direction, authority, and control over the Depart6

ment.

7 (3) FUNCTIONS VESTED IN THE SECRETARY.—

8 All functions of all officers, employees, and organiza9

tional units of the Department are vested in the Sec10

retary.

11 (c) MISSION.—The mission of the Department is to

12 ensure the safety and well-being of all people by carrying

13 out the following:

14 (1) Protecting fundamental human, civil, and

15 constitutional rights.

16 (2) Investing in community safety, resilience,

17 and preparedness.

18 (3) Preempting and responding to emergencies

19 with equity and justice.

20 (d) PROGRAMS.—In carrying out the mission of the

21 Department, the Secretary shall establish the following:

22 (1) A grant program to provide funding to com23

munity organizations to build localized disaster-relief

24 hubs.

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1 (2)(A) A program to provide grants to local

2 community-based organizations, non-profit organiza3

tions, transit agencies, local government agencies,

4 and public health or behavioral health providers, for

5 preventative transit and community safety that—

6 (i) focuses on proactive, human-centric

7 safety;

8 (ii) prioritizes violence prevention, de-esca9

lation, mental health crisis response, and phys10

ical safety for transit passengers and transit

11 staff; and

12 (iii) ensures coordination with State, local,

13 Tribal, and territorial emergency management

14 offices to handle cross-jurisdictional incidents,

15 extreme weather disruptions, and public safety

16 emergencies.

17 (B) Funds made available under such program

18 may be used for the following:

19 (i) State, local, Tribal, and territorial

20 emergency management coordination and inci21

dent integration to establish secure communica22

tion pipelines, joint operational protocols, and

23 regional responses between transit agencies and

24 State, local, Tribal, and territorial emergency

25 management offices.

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1 (ii) Alternative crisis response and co-re2

sponder teams to safely address behavioral

3 health crises, substance abuse, and unhoused

4 populations on and around transit.

5 (iii) Frontline responder safety and de-es6

calation training for bus operators, conductors,

7 station agents, and transit security personnel

8 focusing on verbal de-escalation, conflict resolu9

tion, cultural competency, and trauma-informed

10 responses.

11 (iv) Youth outreach and transit rider advo12

cacy programs focused on bridging trust be13

tween community and transit authorities.

14 (3) A dedicated bureau within the Department,

15 to be known as the Office of Community Violence

16 Prevention, tasked with—

17 (A) coordinating Federal support for local

18 public health approaches to gun violence;

19 (B) managing grants to local governments,

20 public health departments, Tribal governments,

21 and qualified community-based violence inter22

vention (CVI) non-profit organizations, for com23

munity violence interrupters; and

24 (C) publishing independent, non-partisan

25 research on community-led safety models.

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1 (4) A civilian, community-led program through

2 which social workers, medical professionals, and in3

terpreters receive at the borders of the United

4 States individuals seeking to apply for asylum in the

5 United States.

6 (5) A program through which the field offices

7 of U.S. Customs and Border Protection are con8

verted into centers in which immigrants to the

9 United States receive community-based assistance,

10 emergency support, and safety resources.

11 (6)(A) A program through which trusted, front12

line public health workers who are members of, or

13 have an understanding of, the community served (in

14 this paragraph referred to as ‘‘promotoras’’) will

15 serve as cultural liaisons between health or social

16 services and the community to facilitate access to

17 services and improve the quality and cultural com18

petence of service delivery.

19 (B) Such promotoras shall provide—

20 (i) cultural mediation and patient advo21

cacy;

22 (ii) culturally and linguistically tailored

23 health education and navigation;

24 (iii) assistance with public benefit enroll25

ment; and

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1 (iv) informal counseling, social support,

2 and community assessment.

3 SEC. 102. TRANSFERRING CERTAIN AGENCIES TO DEPART4

MENT OF COMMUNITY SAFETY.

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—There is transferred to the Sec6

retary of Community Safety the following:

7 (1) The functions of the Director of the Cyber8

security and Infrastructure Security Agency.

9 (2) The functions of the Administrator of the

10 Federal Emergency Management Agency.

11 (b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in any other Fed12

eral law, Executive order, rule, regulation, or delegation

13 of authority, or any document of or pertaining to a depart14

ment or office from which a function is transferred by this

15 section—

16 (1) to the head of such department or office is

17 deemed to refer to the head of the department or of18

fice to which such function is transferred; or

19 (2) to such department or office is deemed to

20 refer to the department or office to which such func21

tion is transferred.

22 (c) EXERCISE OF AUTHORITIES.—Except as other23

wise provided by law, a Federal official to whom a function

24 is transferred by this section may, for purposes of per25

forming the function, exercise all authorities under any

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1 other provision of law that were available with respect to

2 the performance of that function to the official responsible

3 for the performance of the function immediately before the

4 effective date of the transfer of the function under this

5 section.

6 (d) SAVINGS PROVISIONS.—

7 (1) LEGAL DOCUMENTS.—All orders, deter8

minations, rules, regulations, permits, grants, loans,

9 contracts, agreements, certificates, licenses, and

10 privileges—

11 (A) that have been issued, made, granted,

12 or allowed to become effective by the President,

13 any officer or employee of any office transferred

14 by this section, or any other Government offi15

cial, or by a court of competent jurisdiction, in

16 the performance of any function that is trans17

ferred by this section, and

18 (B) that are in effect on the effective date

19 of such transfer (or become effective after such

20 date pursuant to their terms as in effect on

21 such effective date),

22 shall continue in effect according to their terms until

23 modified, terminated, superseded, set aside, or re24

voked in accordance with law by the President, any

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1 other authorized official, a court of competent juris2

diction, or operation of law.

3 (2) PROCEEDINGS.—This section shall not af4

fect any proceedings or any application for any bene5

fits, service, license, permit, certificate, or financial

6 assistance pending on the date of the enactment of

7 this section before an office transferred by this sec8

tion, but such proceedings and applications shall be

9 continued. Orders shall be issued in such pro10

ceedings, appeals shall be taken therefrom, and pay11

ments shall be made pursuant to such orders, as if

12 this section had not been enacted, and orders issued

13 in any such proceeding shall continue in effect until

14 modified, terminated, superseded, or revoked by a

15 duly authorized official, by a court of competent ju16

risdiction, or by operation of law. Nothing in this

17 paragraph shall be considered to prohibit the dis18

continuance or modification of any such proceeding

19 under the same terms and conditions and to the

20 same extent that such proceeding could have been

21 discontinued or modified if this section had not been

22 enacted.

23 (3) SUITS.—This section shall not affect suits

24 commenced before the date of the enactment of this

25 section, and in all such suits, proceedings shall be

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1 had, appeals taken, and judgments rendered in the

2 same manner and with the same effect as if this sec3

tion had not been enacted.

4 (4) NONABATEMENT OF ACTIONS.—No suit, ac5

tion, or other proceeding commenced by or against

6 the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agen7

cy or the Federal Emergency Management Agency,

8 or by or against any individual in the official capac9

ity of such individual as an officer or employee of an

10 office transferred by this section, shall abate by rea11

son of the enactment of this section.

12 (5) CONTINUANCE OF SUITS.—If any Govern13

ment officer in the official capacity of such officer

14 is party to a suit with respect to a function of the

15 officer, and under this section such function is

16 transferred to any other officer or office, then such

17 suit shall be continued with the other officer or the

18 head of such other office, as applicable, substituted

19 or added as a party.

20 (6) ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE AND JUDI21

CIAL REVIEW.—Except as otherwise provided by this

22 section, any statutory requirements relating to no23

tice, hearings, action upon the record, or administra24

tive or judicial review that apply to any function

25 transferred by this section shall apply to the exercise

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1 of such function by the head of the Federal agency,

2 and other officers of the agency, to which such func3

tion is transferred by this section.

4 (e) TRANSFER OF ASSETS.—Except as otherwise pro5

vided in this section, so much of the personnel, property,

6 records, and unobligated balance of appropriations, alloca7

tions, and other funds employed, used, held, available, or

8 to be made available in connection with a function trans9

ferred to an official or agency by this section shall be avail10

able to the official or the head of that agency, respectively,

11 at such time or times as the Director of the Office of Man12

agement and Budget directs for use in connection with

13 the functions transferred.

14 (f) DELEGATION AND ASSIGNMENT.—Except as oth15

erwise expressly prohibited by law or otherwise provided

16 in this section, an official to whom functions are trans17

ferred under this section (including the head of any office

18 to which functions are transferred under this section) may

19 delegate any of the functions so transferred to such offi20

cers and employees of the office of the official as the offi21

cial may designate, and may authorize successive redelega22

tions of such functions as may be necessary or appro23

priate. No delegation of functions under this subsection

24 or under any other provision of this section shall relieve

25 the official to whom a function is transferred under this

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1 section of responsibility for the administration of the func2

tion.

3 (g) AUTHORITY OF DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF

4 MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET WITH RESPECT TO FUNC5

TIONS TRANSFERRED.—

6 (1) DETERMINATIONS.—If necessary, the Di7

rector of the Office of Management and Budget

8 shall make any determination of the functions that

9 are transferred under this section.

10 (2) INCIDENTAL TRANSFERS.—The Director of

11 the Office of Management and Budget, at such time

12 or times as the Director shall provide, may make

13 such determinations as may be necessary with re14

gard to the functions transferred by this section, and

15 to make such additional incidental dispositions of

16 personnel, assets, liabilities, grants, contracts, prop17

erty, records, and unobligated balances of appropria18

tions, authorizations, allocations, and other funds

19 held, used, arising from, available to, or to be made

20 available in connection with such functions, as may

21 be necessary to carry out the provisions of this sec22

tion. The Director shall provide for the termination

23 of the affairs of all entities terminated by this sec24

tion and for such further measures and dispositions

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1 as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of

2 this section.

3 (h) CERTAIN VESTING OF FUNCTIONS CONSIDERED

4 TRANSFERS.—For purposes of this section, the vesting of

5 a function in a department or office pursuant to reestab6

lishment of an office shall be considered to be the transfer

7 of the function.

8 (i) AVAILABILITY OF EXISTING FUNDS.—Existing

9 appropriations and funds available for the performance of

10 functions, programs, and activities terminated pursuant to

11 this section shall remain available, for the duration of

12 their period of availability, for necessary expenses in con13

nection with the termination and resolution of such func14

tions, programs, and activities.

15 (j) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:

16 (1) FUNCTION.—The term ‘‘function’’ includes

17 any duty, obligation, power, authority, responsibility,

18 right, privilege, activity, or program.

19 (2) OFFICE.—The term ‘‘office’’ includes any

20 office, administration, agency, bureau, institute,

21 council, unit, organizational entity, or component

22 thereof.

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1 SEC. 103. TRANSFERRING CERTAIN AGENCIES TO THE DE2

PARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—There is transferred to the Sec4

retary of Transportation the following:

5 (1) The functions of the Administrator of the

6 Transportation Security Administration.

7 (2) The functions of the Commandant of the

8 Coast Guard.

9 (b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in any other Fed10

eral law, Executive order, rule, regulation, or delegation

11 of authority, or any document of or pertaining to a depart12

ment or office from which a function is transferred by this

13 section—

14 (1) to the head of such department or office is

15 deemed to refer to the head of the department or of16

fice to which such function is transferred; or

17 (2) to such department or office is deemed to

18 refer to the department or office to which such func19

tion is transferred.

20 (c) EXERCISE OF AUTHORITIES.—Except as other21

wise provided by law, a Federal official to whom a function

22 is transferred by this section may, for purposes of per23

forming the function, exercise all authorities under any

24 other provision of law that were available with respect to

25 the performance of that function to the official responsible

26 for the performance of the function immediately before the

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1 effective date of the transfer of the function under this

2 section.

3 (d) SAVINGS PROVISIONS.—

4 (1) LEGAL DOCUMENTS.—All orders, deter5

minations, rules, regulations, permits, grants, loans,

6 contracts, agreements, certificates, licenses, and

7 privileges—

8 (A) that have been issued, made, granted,

9 or allowed to become effective by the President,

10 any officer or employee of any office transferred

11 by this section, or any other Government offi12

cial, or by a court of competent jurisdiction, in

13 the performance of any function that is trans14

ferred by this section, and

15 (B) that are in effect on the effective date

16 of such transfer (or become effective after such

17 date pursuant to their terms as in effect on

18 such effective date),

19 shall continue in effect according to their terms until

20 modified, terminated, superseded, set aside, or re21

voked in accordance with law by the President, any

22 other authorized official, a court of competent juris23

diction, or operation of law.

24 (2) PROCEEDINGS.—This section shall not af25

fect any proceedings or any application for any bene-

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1 fits, service, license, permit, certificate, or financial

2 assistance pending on the date of the enactment of

3 this section before an office transferred by this sec4

tion, but such proceedings and applications shall be

5 continued. Orders shall be issued in such pro6

ceedings, appeals shall be taken therefrom, and pay7

ments shall be made pursuant to such orders, as if

8 this section had not been enacted, and orders issued

9 in any such proceeding shall continue in effect until

10 modified, terminated, superseded, or revoked by a

11 duly authorized official, by a court of competent ju12

risdiction, or by operation of law. Nothing in this

13 paragraph shall be considered to prohibit the dis14

continuance or modification of any such proceeding

15 under the same terms and conditions and to the

16 same extent that such proceeding could have been

17 discontinued or modified if this section had not been

18 enacted.

19 (3) SUITS.—This section shall not affect suits

20 commenced before the date of the enactment of this

21 section, and in all such suits, proceedings shall be

22 had, appeals taken, and judgments rendered in the

23 same manner and with the same effect as if this sec24

tion had not been enacted.

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1 (4) NONABATEMENT OF ACTIONS.—No suit, ac2

tion, or other proceeding commenced by or against

3 the Transportation Security Administration or the

4 Coast Guard, or by or against any individual in the

5 official capacity of such individual as an officer or

6 employee of an office transferred by this section,

7 shall abate by reason of the enactment of this sec8

tion.

9 (5) CONTINUANCE OF SUITS.—If any Govern10

ment officer in the official capacity of such officer

11 is party to a suit with respect to a function of the

12 officer, and under this section such function is

13 transferred to any other officer or office, then such

14 suit shall be continued with the other officer or the

15 head of such other office, as applicable, substituted

16 or added as a party.

17 (6) ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE AND JUDI18

CIAL REVIEW.—Except as otherwise provided by this

19 section, any statutory requirements relating to no20

tice, hearings, action upon the record, or administra21

tive or judicial review that apply to any function

22 transferred by this section shall apply to the exercise

23 of such function by the head of the Federal agency,

24 and other officers of the agency, to which such func25

tion is transferred by this section.

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1 (e) TRANSFER OF ASSETS.—Except as otherwise pro2

vided in this section, so much of the personnel, property,

3 records, and unobligated balance of appropriations, alloca4

tions, and other funds employed, used, held, available, or

5 to be made available in connection with a function trans6

ferred to an official or agency by this section shall be avail7

able to the official or the head of that agency, respectively,

8 at such time or times as the Director of the Office of Man9

agement and Budget directs for use in connection with

10 the functions transferred.

11 (f) DELEGATION AND ASSIGNMENT.—Except as oth12

erwise expressly prohibited by law or otherwise provided

13 in this section, an official to whom functions are trans14

ferred under this section (including the head of any office

15 to which functions are transferred under this section) may

16 delegate any of the functions so transferred to such offi17

cers and employees of the office of the official as the offi18

cial may designate, and may authorize successive redelega19

tions of such functions as may be necessary or appro20

priate. No delegation of functions under this subsection

21 or under any other provision of this section shall relieve

22 the official to whom a function is transferred under this

23 section of responsibility for the administration of the func24

tion.

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1 (g) AUTHORITY OF DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF

2 MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET WITH RESPECT TO FUNC3

TIONS TRANSFERRED.—

4 (1) DETERMINATIONS.—If necessary, the Di5

rector of the Office of Management and Budget

6 shall make any determination of the functions that

7 are transferred under this section.

8 (2) INCIDENTAL TRANSFERS.—The Director of

9 the Office of Management and Budget, at such time

10 or times as the Director shall provide, may make

11 such determinations as may be necessary with re12

gard to the functions transferred by this section, and

13 to make such additional incidental dispositions of

14 personnel, assets, liabilities, grants, contracts, prop15

erty, records, and unobligated balances of appropria16

tions, authorizations, allocations, and other funds

17 held, used, arising from, available to, or to be made

18 available in connection with such functions, as may

19 be necessary to carry out the provisions of this sec20

tion. The Director shall provide for the termination

21 of the affairs of all entities terminated by this sec22

tion and for such further measures and dispositions

23 as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of

24 this section.

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1 (h) CERTAIN VESTING OF FUNCTIONS CONSIDERED

2 TRANSFERS.—For purposes of this section, the vesting of

3 a function in a department or office pursuant to reestab4

lishment of an office shall be considered to be the transfer

5 of the function.

6 (i) AVAILABILITY OF EXISTING FUNDS.—Existing

7 appropriations and funds available for the performance of

8 functions, programs, and activities terminated pursuant to

9 this section shall remain available, for the duration of

10 their period of availability, for necessary expenses in con11

nection with the termination and resolution of such func12

tions, programs, and activities.

13 (j) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:

14 (1) FUNCTION.—The term ‘‘function’’ includes

15 any duty, obligation, power, authority, responsibility,

16 right, privilege, activity, or program.

17 (2) OFFICE.—The term ‘‘office’’ includes any

18 office, administration, agency, bureau, institute,

19 council, unit, organizational entity, or component

20 thereof.

21 SEC. 104. TRANSFERRING CERTAIN FUNCTIONS TO THE DE22

PARTMENT OF THE TREASURY.

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—There is transferred to the Sec24

retary of the Treasury the customs functions of the Com25

missioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

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1 (b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in any other Fed2

eral law, Executive order, rule, regulation, or delegation

3 of authority, or any document of or pertaining to a depart4

ment or office from which a function is transferred by this

5 section—

6 (1) to the head of such department or office is

7 deemed to refer to the head of the department or of8

fice to which such function is transferred; or

9 (2) to such department or office is deemed to

10 refer to the department or office to which such func11

tion is transferred.

12 (c) EXERCISE OF AUTHORITIES.—Except as other13

wise provided by law, a Federal official to whom a function

14 is transferred by this section may, for purposes of per15

forming the function, exercise all authorities under any

16 other provision of law that were available with respect to

17 the performance of that function to the official responsible

18 for the performance of the function immediately before the

19 effective date of the transfer of the function under this

20 section.

21 (d) SAVINGS PROVISIONS.—

22 (1) LEGAL DOCUMENTS.—All orders, deter23

minations, rules, regulations, permits, grants, loans,

24 contracts, agreements, certificates, licenses, and

25 privileges—

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1 (A) that have been issued, made, granted,

2 or allowed to become effective by the President,

3 any officer or employee of any office transferred

4 by this section, or any other Government offi5

cial, or by a court of competent jurisdiction, in

6 the performance of any function that is trans7

ferred by this section, and

8 (B) that are in effect on the effective date

9 of such transfer (or become effective after such

10 date pursuant to their terms as in effect on

11 such effective date),

12 shall continue in effect according to their terms until

13 modified, terminated, superseded, set aside, or re14

voked in accordance with law by the President, any

15 other authorized official, a court of competent juris16

diction, or operation of law.

17 (2) PROCEEDINGS.—This section shall not af18

fect any proceedings or any application for any bene19

fits, service, license, permit, certificate, or financial

20 assistance pending on the date of the enactment of

21 this section before an office transferred by this sec22

tion, but such proceedings and applications shall be

23 continued. Orders shall be issued in such pro24

ceedings, appeals shall be taken therefrom, and pay25

ments shall be made pursuant to such orders, as if

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1 this section had not been enacted, and orders issued

2 in any such proceeding shall continue in effect until

3 modified, terminated, superseded, or revoked by a

4 duly authorized official, by a court of competent ju5

risdiction, or by operation of law. Nothing in this

6 paragraph shall be considered to prohibit the dis7

continuance or modification of any such proceeding

8 under the same terms and conditions and to the

9 same extent that such proceeding could have been

10 discontinued or modified if this section had not been

11 enacted.

12 (3) SUITS.—This section shall not affect suits

13 commenced before the date of the enactment of this

14 section, and in all such suits, proceedings shall be

15 had, appeals taken, and judgments rendered in the

16 same manner and with the same effect as if this sec17

tion had not been enacted.

18 (4) NONABATEMENT OF ACTIONS.—No suit, ac19

tion, or other proceeding commenced by or against

20 U.S. Customs and Border Protection, or by or

21 against any individual in the official capacity of such

22 individual as an officer or employee of an office

23 transferred by this section, shall abate by reason of

24 the enactment of this section.

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1 (5) CONTINUANCE OF SUITS.—If any Govern2

ment officer in the official capacity of such officer

3 is party to a suit with respect to a function of the

4 officer, and under this section such function is

5 transferred to any other officer or office, then such

6 suit shall be continued with the other officer or the

7 head of such other office, as applicable, substituted

8 or added as a party.

9 (6) ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE AND JUDI10

CIAL REVIEW.—Except as otherwise provided by this

11 section, any statutory requirements relating to no12

tice, hearings, action upon the record, or administra13

tive or judicial review that apply to any function

14 transferred by this section shall apply to the exercise

15 of such function by the head of the Federal agency,

16 and other officers of the agency, to which such func17

tion is transferred by this section.

18 (e) TRANSFER OF ASSETS.—Except as otherwise pro19

vided in this section, so much of the personnel, property,

20 records, and unobligated balance of appropriations, alloca21

tions, and other funds employed, used, held, available, or

22 to be made available in connection with a function trans23

ferred to an official or agency by this section shall be avail24

able to the official or the head of that agency, respectively,

25 at such time or times as the Director of the Office of Man-

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1 agement and Budget directs for use in connection with

2 the functions transferred.

3 (f) DELEGATION AND ASSIGNMENT.—Except as oth4

erwise expressly prohibited by law or otherwise provided

5 in this section, an official to whom functions are trans6

ferred under this section (including the head of any office

7 to which functions are transferred under this section) may

8 delegate any of the functions so transferred to such offi9

cers and employees of the office of the official as the offi10

cial may designate, and may authorize successive redelega11

tions of such functions as may be necessary or appro12

priate. No delegation of functions under this subsection

13 or under any other provision of this section shall relieve

14 the official to whom a function is transferred under this

15 section of responsibility for the administration of the func16

tion.

17 (g) AUTHORITY OF DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF

18 MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET WITH RESPECT TO FUNC19

TIONS TRANSFERRED.—

20 (1) DETERMINATIONS.—If necessary, the Di21

rector of the Office of Management and Budget

22 shall make any determination of the functions that

23 are transferred under this section.

24 (2) INCIDENTAL TRANSFERS.—The Director of

25 the Office of Management and Budget, at such time

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1 or times as the Director shall provide, may make

2 such determinations as may be necessary with re3

gard to the functions transferred by this section, and

4 to make such additional incidental dispositions of

5 personnel, assets, liabilities, grants, contracts, prop6

erty, records, and unobligated balances of appropria7

tions, authorizations, allocations, and other funds

8 held, used, arising from, available to, or to be made

9 available in connection with such functions, as may

10 be necessary to carry out the provisions of this sec11

tion. The Director shall provide for the termination

12 of the affairs of all entities terminated by this sec13

tion and for such further measures and dispositions

14 as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of

15 this section.

16 (h) CERTAIN VESTING OF FUNCTIONS CONSIDERED

17 TRANSFERS.—For purposes of this section, the vesting of

18 a function in a department or office pursuant to reestab19

lishment of an office shall be considered to be the transfer

20 of the function.

21 (i) AVAILABILITY OF EXISTING FUNDS.—Existing

22 appropriations and funds available for the performance of

23 functions, programs, and activities terminated pursuant to

24 this section shall remain available, for the duration of

25 their period of availability, for necessary expenses in con-

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1 nection with the termination and resolution of such func2

tions, programs, and activities.

3 (j) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:

4 (1) FUNCTION.—The term ‘‘function’’ includes

5 any duty, obligation, power, authority, responsibility,

6 right, privilege, activity, or program.

7 (2) OFFICE.—The term ‘‘office’’ includes any

8 office, administration, agency, bureau, institute,

9 council, unit, organizational entity, or component

10 thereof.

11 SEC. 105. TRANSFERRING CERTAIN FUNCTIONS TO THE DE12

PARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—There is transferred to the Attor14

ney General the functions of the Secretary of Homeland

15 Security related to the enforcement of the immigration

16 laws (as such term is defined in section 101 of the Immi17

gration and Nationality Act), including the functions of

18 the Director of the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration

19 Services.

20 (b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in any other Fed21

eral law, Executive order, rule, regulation, or delegation

22 of authority, or any document of or pertaining to a depart23

ment or office from which a function is transferred by this

24 section—

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1 (1) to the head of such department or office is

2 deemed to refer to the head of the department or of3

fice to which such function is transferred; or

4 (2) to such department or office is deemed to

5 refer to the department or office to which such func6

tion is transferred.

7 (c) EXERCISE OF AUTHORITIES.—Except as other8

wise provided by law, a Federal official to whom a function

9 is transferred by this section may, for purposes of per10

forming the function, exercise all authorities under any

11 other provision of law that were available with respect to

12 the performance of that function to the official responsible

13 for the performance of the function immediately before the

14 effective date of the transfer of the function under this

15 section.

16 (d) SAVINGS PROVISIONS.—

17 (1) LEGAL DOCUMENTS.—All orders, deter18

minations, rules, regulations, permits, grants, loans,

19 contracts, agreements, certificates, licenses, and

20 privileges—

21 (A) that have been issued, made, granted,

22 or allowed to become effective by the President,

23 any officer or employee of any office transferred

24 by this section, or any other Government offi25

cial, or by a court of competent jurisdiction, in

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1 the performance of any function that is trans2

ferred by this section, and

3 (B) that are in effect on the effective date

4 of such transfer (or become effective after such

5 date pursuant to their terms as in effect on

6 such effective date),

7 shall continue in effect according to their terms until

8 modified, terminated, superseded, set aside, or re9

voked in accordance with law by the President, any

10 other authorized official, a court of competent juris11

diction, or operation of law.

12 (2) PROCEEDINGS.—This section shall not af13

fect any proceedings or any application for any bene14

fits, service, license, permit, certificate, or financial

15 assistance pending on the date of the enactment of

16 this section before an office transferred by this sec17

tion, but such proceedings and applications shall be

18 continued. Orders shall be issued in such pro19

ceedings, appeals shall be taken therefrom, and pay20

ments shall be made pursuant to such orders, as if

21 this section had not been enacted, and orders issued

22 in any such proceeding shall continue in effect until

23 modified, terminated, superseded, or revoked by a

24 duly authorized official, by a court of competent ju25

risdiction, or by operation of law. Nothing in this

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1 paragraph shall be considered to prohibit the dis2

continuance or modification of any such proceeding

3 under the same terms and conditions and to the

4 same extent that such proceeding could have been

5 discontinued or modified if this section had not been

6 enacted.

7 (3) SUITS.—This section shall not affect suits

8 commenced before the date of the enactment of this

9 section, and in all such suits, proceedings shall be

10 had, appeals taken, and judgments rendered in the

11 same manner and with the same effect as if this sec12

tion had not been enacted.

13 (4) NONABATEMENT OF ACTIONS.—No suit, ac14

tion, or other proceeding commenced by or against

15 the Secretary of Homeland Security related to the

16 enforcement of the immigration laws, or by or

17 against any individual in the official capacity of such

18 individual as an officer or employee of an office

19 transferred by this section, shall abate by reason of

20 the enactment of this section.

21 (5) CONTINUANCE OF SUITS.—If any Govern22

ment officer in the official capacity of such officer

23 is party to a suit with respect to a function of the

24 officer, and under this section such function is

25 transferred to any other officer or office, then such

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1 suit shall be continued with the other officer or the

2 head of such other office, as applicable, substituted

3 or added as a party.

4 (6) ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE AND JUDI5

CIAL REVIEW.—Except as otherwise provided by this

6 section, any statutory requirements relating to no7

tice, hearings, action upon the record, or administra8

tive or judicial review that apply to any function

9 transferred by this section shall apply to the exercise

10 of such function by the head of the Federal agency,

11 and other officers of the agency, to which such func12

tion is transferred by this section.

13 (e) TRANSFER OF ASSETS.—Except as otherwise pro14

vided in this section, so much of the personnel, property,

15 records, and unobligated balance of appropriations, alloca16

tions, and other funds employed, used, held, available, or

17 to be made available in connection with a function trans18

ferred to an official or agency by this section shall be avail19

able to the official or the head of that agency, respectively,

20 at such time or times as the Director of the Office of Man21

agement and Budget directs for use in connection with

22 the functions transferred.

23 (f) DELEGATION AND ASSIGNMENT.—Except as oth24

erwise expressly prohibited by law or otherwise provided

25 in this section, an official to whom functions are trans-

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1 ferred under this section (including the head of any office

2 to which functions are transferred under this section) may

3 delegate any of the functions so transferred to such offi4

cers and employees of the office of the official as the offi5

cial may designate, and may authorize successive redelega6

tions of such functions as may be necessary or appro7

priate. No delegation of functions under this subsection

8 or under any other provision of this section shall relieve

9 the official to whom a function is transferred under this

10 section of responsibility for the administration of the func11

tion.

12 (g) AUTHORITY OF DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF

13 MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET WITH RESPECT TO FUNC14

TIONS TRANSFERRED.—

15 (1) DETERMINATIONS.—If necessary, the Di16

rector of the Office of Management and Budget

17 shall make any determination of the functions that

18 are transferred under this section.

19 (2) INCIDENTAL TRANSFERS.—The Director of

20 the Office of Management and Budget, at such time

21 or times as the Director shall provide, may make

22 such determinations as may be necessary with re23

gard to the functions transferred by this section, and

24 to make such additional incidental dispositions of

25 personnel, assets, liabilities, grants, contracts, prop-

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1 erty, records, and unobligated balances of appropria2

tions, authorizations, allocations, and other funds

3 held, used, arising from, available to, or to be made

4 available in connection with such functions, as may

5 be necessary to carry out the provisions of this sec6

tion. The Director shall provide for the termination

7 of the affairs of all entities terminated by this sec8

tion and for such further measures and dispositions

9 as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of

10 this section.

11 (h) CERTAIN VESTING OF FUNCTIONS CONSIDERED

12 TRANSFERS.—For purposes of this section, the vesting of

13 a function in a department or office pursuant to reestab14

lishment of an office shall be considered to be the transfer

15 of the function.

16 (i) AVAILABILITY OF EXISTING FUNDS.—Existing

17 appropriations and funds available for the performance of

18 functions, programs, and activities terminated pursuant to

19 this section shall remain available, for the duration of

20 their period of availability, for necessary expenses in con21

nection with the termination and resolution of such func22

tions, programs, and activities.

23 (j) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:

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1 (1) FUNCTION.—The term ‘‘function’’ includes

2 any duty, obligation, power, authority, responsibility,

3 right, privilege, activity, or program.

4 (2) OFFICE.—The term ‘‘office’’ includes any

5 office, administration, agency, bureau, institute,

6 council, unit, organizational entity, or component

7 thereof.

8 SEC. 106. LIMITATION ON REMOVAL AUTHORITY.

9 (a) INITIATION OF REMOVAL OR INADMISSIBILITY

10 PROCEEDINGS.—The Attorney General, Deputy Attorney

11 General, acting Attorney General, or acting Deputy Attor12

ney General must authorize the initiation of removal or

13 inadmissibility proceedings against a noncitizen.

14 (b) REMOVAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision

15 of law, the Attorney General shall not execute the removal

16 of a noncitizen from the United States unless a joint reso17

lution approving such removal is enacted.

18 (c) EXPEDITED LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURES.—

19 (1) RULES OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

20 AND SENATE.—This paragraph is enacted by Con21

gress—

22 (A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power

23 of the Senate and House of Representatives, re24

spectively, and as such it is deemed part of the

25 rules of each House, respectively, but applicable

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1 only with respect to the procedure to be fol2

lowed in that House in the case of a joint reso3

lution of approval; and

4 (B) with full recognition of the constitu5

tional right of either House to change the rules

6 (so far as relating to the procedure of that

7 House) at any time, in the same manner, and

8 to the same extent as in the case of any other

9 rule of that House.

10 (2) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this sub11

section, the term ‘‘joint resolution of approval’’

12 means only a joint resolution introduced for the pur13

poses of approving the execution of the removal of

14 a noncitizen.

15 (3) CALCULATION OF PERIODS.—For purposes

16 of calculating the 30-day period described in para17

graph (2), there shall be excluded any day on which

18 either House of Congress is adjourned for more than

19 3 days pursuant to an adjournment resolution.

20 (4) COMMITTEE DISCHARGE.—If the committee

21 of the House of Representatives or the Senate to

22 which a joint resolution of approval has been re23

ferred has not reported it at the end of 7 calendar

24 days after its introduction, such committee shall be

25 automatically discharged from further consideration

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1 of the joint resolution, and it shall be placed on the

2 appropriate calendar.

3 (5) FLOOR CONSIDERATION.—

4 (A) A motion to proceed to the consider5

ation of the joint resolution is highly privileged,

6 is not debatable, and is not subject to a motion

7 to postpone or a motion to proceed to other

8 business. An amendment to the motion is not in

9 order, and a motion to reconsider the vote by

10 which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to

11 shall not be in order.

12 (B) Debate on the joint resolution shall be

13 limited to not more than 10 hours, to be di14

vided equally between those favoring and those

15 opposing the resolution. A motion further to

16 limit debate is not debatable. An amendment to,

17 or a motion to postpone or recommit the joint

18 resolution is not in order.

19 (6) AUTOMATIC HOOKUP PROVISION.—If, before

20 the passage by one House of a joint resolution of ap21

proval of that House, that House receives from the

22 other House a companion joint resolution of ap23

proval, then the following procedures shall apply:

24 (A) The joint resolution of the other House

25 shall not be referred to a committee.

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1 (B) With respect to a joint resolution of

2 approval of the House receiving the resolu3

tion—

4 (i) The procedure in that House shall

5 be the same as if no joint resolution had

6 been received from the other House; but

7 (ii) The vote on passage shall be on

8 the joint resolution of the other House.

9 (d) REPORT.—The Attorney General shall, upon

10 making a preliminary determination that a noncitizen is

11 inadmissible or deportable, submit to Congress a report

12 including the reasons for such determination.

13 TITLE II—FEMA REFORMS AND

14 RESILIENCE PROGRAMS

15 SEC. 201. FEMA REGIONAL RESILIENCE, STAFFING, AND

16 MITIGATION RESPONSIBILITIES.

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Community

18 Safety, acting through the Administrator of the Federal

19 Emergency Management Agency, shall—

20 (1) convert all regional community liaison roles

21 within the Agency into permanent career civil service

22 positions;

23 (2) establish a mandatory regional tenure and

24 residency requirement for such personnel to ensure

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1 staff maintain long-term institutional memory and

2 deep local familiarity;

3 (3) prohibit the termination of staff described

4 under paragraph (2) strictly based on a change in

5 presidential administration;

6 (4) provide grants to local municipalities for

7 permanent, pre-stocked neighborhood hubs equipped

8 with emergency power, food, water, and medical care

9 supplies;

10 (5) create a formal coordination protocol or

11 interagency agreement allowing rapid deployment of

12 medical and public health professionals directly

13 alongside disaster responders;

14 (6) require all communications, physical hubs,

15 applications, and relief resources of the Agency to

16 comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act of

17 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) and the Rehabilita18

tion Act of 1973 (20 U.S.C. 701 note) and be made

19 available in the primary languages spoken by the af20

fected populations; and

21 (7) make predisaster mitigation funds available

22 to State, local, tribal, and territorial governments

23 under section 203 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster

24 Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.

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1 5133) at the level that such funds were made avail2

able in fiscal year 2022.

3 (b) CLIMATE AND COOLING MITIGATION MEAS4

URES.—Section 203(e)(1)(A) of the Robert T. Stafford

5 Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.

6 5133(e)(1)(A)) is amended by inserting ‘‘including climate

7 harm prevention, extreme heat adaptation, and ecosystem

8 restoration,’’ after ‘‘mitigation measures’’.

9 TITLE III—ABOLISHMENT OF

10 THE DEPARTMENT OF HOME11

LAND SECURITY

12 SEC. 301. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY.

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—

14 (1) DEPARTMENT.—The Department of Home15

land Security is abolished.

16 (2) CERTAIN GRANTS.—Any grant of the De17

partment of Homeland Security to a law enforce18

ment agency of a local unit of government for sur19

plus military gear or tactical training is hereby ter20

minated.

21 (3) TERMINATION OF INTEGRATED SURVEIL22

LANCE TOWERS.—The Integrated Surveillance

23 Tower program of U.S. Customs and Border Protec24

tion is hereby terminated.

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1 (4) PROHIBITIONS.—No Federal funds made

2 available for fiscal year 2027 or any fiscal year

3 thereafter may be obligated or expended for any of

4 the following:

5 (A) A border wall.

6 (B) A fusion center (as such term is de7

fined in section 210A of the Homeland Security

8 Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 124h)).

9 (C) Any of the following:

10 (i) The Countering Violent Extremism

11 Grant Program.

12 (ii) The Targeted Violence and Ter13

rorism Prevention Grant Program.

14 (iii) Any other similar program.

15 (b) RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE

16 OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET.—

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Office of

18 Management and Budget (in this section referred to

19 as the ‘‘Director’’) shall be responsible for the imple20

mentation of this section, including the following:

21 (A) The administration and wind-up of any

22 outstanding obligations of the Federal Govern23

ment under any programs terminated by this

24 section.

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1 (B) Such other actions as may be nec2

essary to wind-up any outstanding affairs of the

3 Department of Homeland Security.

4 (2) DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS.—The Direc5

tor may delegate to any officer of the Office of Man6

agement and Budget or to any other Federal depart7

ment or agency head the performance of the Direc8

tor’s functions under this section to the extent that

9 the Director determines that such delegation would

10 further the purposes of this section.

11 (3) TRANSFER OF ASSETS AND PERSONNEL.—

12 In connection with any delegation of functions under

13 paragraph (2), the Director may transfer within the

14 Office or to the department or agency concerned

15 such assets, funds, personnel, records, and other

16 property relating to the delegated function as the

17 Director determines to be appropriate.

18 (4) AUTHORITIES OF THE DIRECTOR.—For

19 purposes of performing the functions of the Director

20 under this section, the Director may carry out any

21 of the following:

22 (A) Enter into contracts.

23 (B) Employ experts and consultants in ac24

cordance with section 3109 of title 5, United

25 States Code, at rates for individuals not to ex-

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1 ceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for

2 level IV of the Executive Schedule.

3 (C) Utilize, on a reimbursable basis, the

4 services, facilities, and personnel of other Fed5

eral agencies.

6 (5) TERMINATION DIRECTIVE.—

7 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days

8 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the

9 Director shall terminate, in accordance with the

10 Federal Acquisition Regulation, all active con11

tracts, subcontracts, or task orders for any of

12 the following:

13 (i) Border wall construction.

14 (ii) The procurement or deployment of

15 military-grade surveillance technology for

16 domestic border enforcement.

17 (iii) The program terminated under

18 subsection (a)(3).

19 (B) LIABILITY AND SETTLEMENT.—Any

20 termination executed pursuant to subparagraph

21 (A) shall be treated as a termination for con22

venience, and settlements with contractors shall

23 be managed in accordance with part 49 of the

24 Federal Acquisition Regulation. No funds made

25 available by this Act or any other Act may be

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1 used to pay anticipatory profits or consequen2

tial damages claimed by a contractor resulting

3 from such termination.

4 (c) REPEAL.—The Homeland Security Act of 2002

5 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.) is repealed.

6 SEC. 302. ABOLISH IMMIGRATION DETENTION; REPEAL OF

7 DETENTION AUTHORITY AND ENFORCEMENT.

8 (a) REQUIREMENT FOR RELEASE ON RECOG9

NIZANCE.—Not later than six months after the date of

10 the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall re11

lease on their own recognizance any noncitizen detained

12 by the Attorney General, in coordination with the Sec13

retary of Community Safety so that released noncitizens

14 may be connected with appropriate services provided or

15 funded by the Department of Community Safety.

16 (b) REPEAL OF DETENTION AUTHORITY AND EN17

FORCEMENT.—

18 (1) INSPECTION OF APPLICANTS FOR ADMIS19

SION.—Clauses (ii) and (iii)(IV) of section

20 235(b)(1)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality

21 Act (8 U.S.C. 1225(b)(1)(B)) are repealed.

22 (2) INSPECTION OF OTHER NONCITIZENS.—

23 Subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of section

24 235(b)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8

25 U.S.C. 1225(b)(2)) are repealed.

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1 (3) AUTHORITY RELATING TO INSPECTIONS.—

2 Section 235(d)(2) of the Immigration and Nation3

ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1225(d)(2)) is amended—

4 (A) by striking subparagraphs (A) and

5 (B); and

6 (B) by striking ‘‘United States—’’ and in7

serting ‘‘United States to deliver the noncitizen

8 to an immigration officer for inspection or to a

9 medical officer for examination.’’.

10 (4) APPREHENSION AND DETENTION OF NON11

CITIZENS.—Section 236 of the Immigration and Na12

tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1226) is repealed.

13 (5) DETENTION AND REMOVAL OF NONCITI14

ZENS ORDERED REMOVED.—Section 241 of the Im15

migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231) is

16 amended—

17 (A) by striking subsection (a); and

18 (B) by redesignating subsections (b), (c),

19 (d), (e), (f), (g), and (h) as subsections (a), (b),

20 (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), respectively.

21 (6) POWER OF IMMIGRATION OFFICERS AND

22 EMPLOYEES.—Section 287 of the Immigration and

23 Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1357) is amended to read

24 as follows:

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1 ‘‘(a) Any officer or employee of the Service authorized

2 under regulations prescribed by the Attorney General shall

3 have power without warrant to arrest any noncitizen who

4 in his presence or view is entering or attempting to enter

5 the United States in violation of any law or regulation

6 made in pursuance of law regulating the admission, exclu7

sion, expulsion or removal of noncitizens, or to arrest any

8 noncitizen in the United States, if he has reason to believe

9 that the noncitizen so arrested is in the United States in

10 violation of any such law or regulation and is likely to es11

cape before a warrant can be obtained for his arrest, but

12 the noncitizen arrested shall be taken without unnecessary

13 delay for examination before an officer of the Service hav14

ing authority to examine noncitizens as to their right to

15 enter or remain in the United States.

16 ‘‘(b) A noncitizen described in section 101(a)(27)(J)

17 of the Immigration and Nationality Act who has been bat18

tered, abused, neglected, or abandoned, shall not be com19

pelled to contact the alleged abuser (or family member of

20 the alleged abuser) at any stage of applying for special

21 immigrant juvenile status, including after a request for

22 the consent of the Secretary of Homeland Security under

23 section 101(a)(27)(J)(iii)(I) of such Act.’’.

24 (7) AUTHORIZING STATE AND LOCAL LAW EN25

FORCEMENT OFFICIALS TO ARREST AND DETAIN

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1 CERTAIN NONCITIZENS.—Section 439 of the

2 Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of

3 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1252C) is repealed.

4 (8) COMMUNICATION BETWEEN STATE AND

5 LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND THE IMMIGRA6

TION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE.—Section 434

7 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Oppor8

tunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1644) is

9 repealed.

10 (9) COMMUNICATION BETWEEN GOVERNMENT

11 AGENCIES AND THE IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZA12

TION SERVICE.—Section 642 of the Illegal Immigra13

tion Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of

14 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1373) is repealed.

15 (10) PUBLIC CHARGE; UNLAWFUL VOTERS.—

16 Paragraphs (5) and (6) of section 237(a) of the Im17

migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227) is re18

pealed.

19 (c) TERMINATION OF CONTRACTS FOR IMMIGRATION

20 DETENTION.—

21 (1) EXISTING CONTRACTS WITH RESPECT TO

22 PHYSICAL DETENTION AND MONITORING.—Not later

23 than two years after the date of the enactment of

24 this Act, the Attorney General shall terminate any

25 contract entered into by the Secretary of Homeland

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1 Security on or before the date of the enactment of

2 this Act with respect to immigration detention and

3 monitoring programs, including any contract with

4 any entity that owns or operates a program or facil5

ity that provides services related to detention or

6 monitoring.

7 (2) OTHER CONTRACTS WITH RESPECT TO

8 PHYSICAL DETENTION AND MONITORING.—Begin9

ning on the date that is two years after the date of

10 the enactment of this Act, no Federal funds may be

11 used with respect to immigration detention and

12 monitoring programs, including any contract with

13 any entity that owns or operates a program or facil14

ity that provides services related to detention or

15 monitoring.

16 SEC. 303. REMOVAL OF ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES.

17 (a) REMOVAL OF ANKLE MONITORS.—Not later than

18 six months after the date of the enactment of this Act,

19 the Attorney General shall remove each ankle monitor

20 from a noncitizen being monitored.

21 (b) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS.—

22 Beginning on the date that is six months after the date

23 of the enactment of this Act, no Federal funds may be

24 used with respect to ankle monitors or ankle monitoring

25 programs.

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1 SEC. 304. IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AGREEMENTS;

2 CIVIL LIBERTIES.

3 (a) IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AGREEMENTS

4 WITH STATES AND LOCALITIES.—

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 287 of the Immigra6

tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1357) is amend7

ed by striking subsection (g).

8 (2) APPLICABILITY.—Any agreement concluded

9 pursuant to such section may not continue in effect

10 after the date of enactment of this section, and any

11 noncitizen detained by a State or local law enforce12

ment official pursuant to such an agreement shall be

13 released from custody immediately.

14 (b) CIVIL LIBERTIES.—

15 (1) REPEAL OF AUTHORITY TO ISSUE NA16

TIONAL SECURITY LETTERS.—The following provi17

sions of law are repealed:

18 (A) Section 2709 of title 18, United States

19 Code.

20 (B) Section 1114 of the Right to Financial

21 Privacy Act (12 U.S.C. 3414).

22 (C) Section 802 of the National Security

23 Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3162).

24 (D) Sections 626 and 627 of the Fair

25 Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681u,

26 1681v).

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1 (2) WARRANT REQUIREMENT.—No Federal law

2 enforcement agency, nor any element of the intel3

ligence community (as defined in section 3 of the

4 National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003)),

5 may purchase or obtain information on any United

6 States person (as defined in section 101 of the For7

eign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50

8 U.S.C. 1801)) from a commercial entity without a

9 warrant based on probable cause.

10 (3) REPEAL OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AU11

THORITY TO SELL CERTAIN EQUIPMENT TO STATE

12 AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.—Chapter 15 of title 10,

13 United States Code, is amended by striking section

14 281.

15 (4) REPEAL OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EX16

CESS PERSONAL PROPERTY PROGRAM.—Chapter 153

17 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by strik18

ing section 2576a.

19 (5) PROHIBITION WITH RESPECT TO GRANTS

20 AND CERTAIN ACTIVITY MONITORING.—No amounts

21 received as a grant from any Federal agency may be

22 used to consolidate any separately generated infor23

mation source (including databases maintained by

24 private parties, criminal information databases es25

tablished and maintained by units of local govern-

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1 ment, or Federal datasets) for purposes of moni2

toring any activity protected by the First Amend3

ment.

4 (6) PROHIBITION ON PRIVATE OUTSOURCING

5 OF DOMESTIC SURVEILLANCE AND TRACKING.—

6 (A) PROHIBITION.—No Federal agency or

7 department may contract with, or procure serv8

ices or technology from, any private contractor,

9 vendor, or data broker for the purpose of—

10 (i) conducting domestic tracking or

11 real-time geolocation monitoring of individ12

uals;

13 (ii) bulk data collection, aggregation,

14 or profiling of personally identifiable infor15

mation, biometric identifiers, or behavioral

16 data concerning members of the public or

17 transit passengers; or

18 (iii) deploying, maintaining, or oper19

ating public safety surveillance infrastruc20

ture.

21 (B) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph:

22 (i) BIOMETRIC IDENTIFIERS.—The

23 term ‘‘biometric identifiers’’ includes facial

24 geometry, voiceprints, iris scans, and gait

25 analysis data.

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1 (ii) DOMESTIC TRACKING.—The term

2 ‘‘domestic tracking’’ means the systematic

3 monitoring, geolocation tracking, or real4

time surveillance of the physical move5

ments or digital location of individuals

6 within the United States, including

7 through the acquisition, licensing, or pur8

chase of location data from commercial

9 data brokers, but does not include—

10 (I) tracking commercial cargo,

11 freight, or physical agency supply

12 chain assets;

13 (II) monitoring government14

owned or leased fleet vehicles for rou15

tine maintenance and logistical oper16

ations; or

17 (III) analyzing aggregated,

18 anonymized traffic flow data that can19

not be linked to any individual person.

20 (iii) PUBLIC SAFETY SURVEILLANCE

21 INFRASTRUCTURE.—The term ‘‘public

22 safety surveillance infrastructure’’ includes

23 automated license plate readers, facial rec24

ognition systems, predictive policing soft25

ware, and public-space video surveillance

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1 networks, but does not include standard

2 backend cybersecurity software, routine en3

terprise IT management, or internal ad4

ministrative systems.

5 (7) PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN LISTS.—

6 (A) IN GENERAL.—No Federal funds made

7 available for fiscal year 2027 or any fiscal year

8 thereafter may be obligated or expended to de9

velop, share, or utilize a database, list, or reg10

istry of individuals the purpose of which is to

11 restrict travel, movement, or another civil lib12

erty of such individuals or subject such individ13

uals to enhanced screening at a transportation

14 security checkpoint, unless the inclusion of each

15 such individual on such database, list, or reg16

istry, as the case may be, is based on any of the

17 following:

18 (i) A criminal conviction of such indi19

vidual.

20 (ii) A warrant regarding such indi21

vidual that has been issued by a court of

22 competent jurisdiction.

23 (B) RELIEF.—An individual who has suf24

fered legal wrong because of an act or practice

25 arising out of a database, list, or registry pro-

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1 hibited under subparagraph (A) may bring in

2 an appropriate district court of the United

3 States an action for appropriate relief, includ4

ing recovery of reasonable attorney fees.

5 (c) MATTERS RELATING TO TERRORISM AND MILI6

TARY DETENTION.—

7 (1) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DETENTION

8 MATTERS.—

9 (A) CLOSURE OF DETENTION FACILITY AT

10 UNITED STATES NAVAL STATION, GUANTANAMO

11 BAY, CUBA.—

12 (i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60

13 days after the date of the enactment of

14 this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall—

15 (I) close the Department of De16

fense detention facility at United

17 States Naval Station, Guantanamo

18 Bay, Cuba; and

19 (II) release each individual who,

20 as of the date of the enactment of this

21 Act, is detained at such facility.

22 (ii) RELEASE.—Any detainee that has

23 not been formally convicted or charged

24 with a Federal crime has the absolute right

25 to select their destination of relocation.

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1 The Federal Government shall facilitate

2 transfer only to the destination explicitly

3 chosen by the individual, which may in4

clude—

5 (I) resettlement within the

6 United States;

7 (II) repatriation to the individ8

ual’s country of origin; or

9 (III) resettlement within a willing

10 third-party nation.

11 (iii) CONSENT.—No individual shall

12 be transferred, repatriated, or resettled to

13 any destination without the express, know14

ing, and voluntary written consent of the

15 individual. The individual maintains an ab16

solute right of refusal regarding any pro17

posed destination. No individual shall be

18 transferred or repatriated to any country

19 where there are substantial grounds for be20

lieving that the individual would be in dan21

ger of being subjected to torture, arbitrary

22 detention, or persecution. If the individual

23 expresses a well-founded fear of persecu24

tion in that country, the individual retains

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1 the right to select an alternative country of

2 resettlement.

3 (B) PROHIBITION ON ESTABLISHMENT OF

4 MILITARY DETENTION FACILITIES.—No

5 amounts authorized to be appropriated or oth6

erwise made available for the Department of

7 Defense for any fiscal year may be used to con8

struct or modify any facility in the United

9 States, its territories, or possessions to house

10 any individual, other than a member of the

11 United States Armed Forces, for the purposes

12 of detention or imprisonment in the custody or

13 under the control of the Department of De14

fense.

15 (C) CONFORMING REPEALS.—The fol16

lowing provisions of law are hereby repealed:

17 (i) Section 1033 of the John S.

18 McCain National Defense Authorization

19 Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law

20 115–232; 132 Stat. 1953).

21 (ii) Section 1034 of the John S.

22 McCain National Defense Authorization

23 Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law

24 115–232; 132 Stat. 1954).

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1 (iii) Section 1035 of the John S.

2 McCain National Defense Authorization

3 Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law

4 115–232; 132 Stat. 1954).

5 (iv) Section 1036 of the National De6

fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year

7 2018 (Public Law 115–91; 131 Stat.

8 1551).

9 (v) Section 1034 of the National De10

fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year

11 2016 (Public Law 114–92; 129 Stat. 971;

12 10 U.S.C. 801 note).

13 (2) TERRORISM AND ECONOMIC SANCTIONS RE14

PEALS, SUNSETS, AND AMENDMENTS.—

15 (A) REPEAL OF SECTION 212(A)(3)(B) OF

16 THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT.—

17 Section 212(a)(3)(B) of the Immigration and

18 Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(B)) is

19 hereby repealed.

20 (B) SUNSET OF SECTION 219 OF THE IMMI21

GRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT.—

22 (i) IN GENERAL.—Section 219 of the

23 Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.

24 1189) is repealed effective on the date that

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1 is exactly 1 year after the date of the en2

actment of this Act.

3 (ii) TERMINATION.—Any designation

4 of an organization as a foreign terrorist or5

ganization under such section 219 in effect

6 on the date specified in clause (i) shall ter7

minate on such date.

8 (C) AMENDMENT TO SECTION 203 OF THE

9 INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY ECONOMIC POW10

ERS ACT.—Section 203 of the International

11 Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C.

12 1702) is amended by adding at the end the fol13

lowing new subsection:

14 ‘‘(d) CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL REQUIRED FOR EX15

ERCISE OF AUTHORITIES.—

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para17

graph (2), the authorities granted to the President

18 under subsection (a) may not be exercised unless a

19 joint resolution of approval is enacted into law pur20

suant to the expedited procedures of paragraph (3).

21 ‘‘(2) TEMPORARY INTERIM AUTHORITY.—The

22 President may exercise the authorities under sub23

section (a)(1)(B) to investigate, regulate, or block

24 transactions in which a foreign country or national

25 has an interest for a temporary interim period not

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1 to exceed 30 days from the date on which the Presi2

dent declares a national emergency under the Na3

tional Emergencies Act. If a joint resolution of ap4

proval is not enacted into law within such 30-day pe5

riod, the authorities exercised under this paragraph

6 shall automatically terminate at midnight on the

7 30th day, and any blocked property or assets shall

8 be instantly released.

9 ‘‘(3) EXPEDITED LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURES.—

10 ‘‘(A) RULES OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTA11

TIVES AND SENATE.—This paragraph is en12

acted by Congress—

13 ‘‘(i) as an exercise of the rulemaking

14 power of the Senate and House of Rep15

resentatives, respectively, and as such it is

16 deemed part of the rules of each House,

17 respectively, but applicable only with re18

spect to the procedure to be followed in

19 that House in the case of a joint resolution

20 of approval; and

21 ‘‘(ii) with full recognition of the con22

stitutional right of either House to change

23 the rules (so far as relating to the proce24

dure of that House) at any time, in the

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1 same manner, and to the same extent as in

2 the case of any other rule of that House.

3 ‘‘(B) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this

4 subsection, the term ‘joint resolution of ap5

proval’ means only a joint resolution introduced

6 within the 3-day period beginning on the date

7 the President declares a national emergency,

8 the matter after the resolving clause of which is

9 as follows: ‘That Congress approves the exercise

10 of authorities under section 203 of the Inter11

national Emergency Economic Powers Act as

12 proposed by the President in the declaration

dated llllll13 .’

14 ‘‘(C) CALCULATION OF PERIODS.—For

15 purposes of calculating the 30-day period de16

scribed in paragraph (2), there shall be ex17

cluded any day on which either House of Con18

gress is adjourned for more than 3 days pursu19

ant to an adjournment resolution.

20 ‘‘(D) COMMITTEE DISCHARGE.—If the

21 committee of the House of Representatives or

22 the Senate to which a joint resolution of ap23

proval has been referred has not reported it at

24 the end of 7 calendar days after its introduc25

tion, such committee shall be automatically dis-

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1 charged from further consideration of the joint

2 resolution, and it shall be placed on the appro3

priate calendar.

4 ‘‘(E) FLOOR CONSIDERATION.—

5 ‘‘(i) A motion to proceed to the con6

sideration of the joint resolution is highly

7 privileged, is not debatable, and is not sub8

ject to a motion to postpone or a motion

9 to proceed to other business. An amend10

ment to the motion is not in order, and a

11 motion to reconsider the vote by which the

12 motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall

13 not be in order.

14 ‘‘(ii) Debate on the joint resolution

15 shall be limited to not more than 10 hours,

16 to be divided equally between those favor17

ing and those opposing the resolution. A

18 motion further to limit debate is not debat19

able. An amendment to, or a motion to

20 postpone or recommit the joint resolution

21 is not in order.

22 ‘‘(F) AUTOMATIC HOOKUP PROVISION.—If,

23 before the passage by one House of a joint reso24

lution of approval of that House, that House

25 receives from the other House a companion

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1 joint resolution of approval, then the following

2 procedures shall apply:

3 ‘‘(i) The joint resolution of the other

4 House shall not be referred to a com5

mittee.

6 ‘‘(ii) With respect to a joint resolution

7 of approval of the House receiving the res8

olution—

9 ‘‘(I) the procedure in that House

10 shall be the same as if no joint resolu11

tion had been received from the other

12 House; but

13 ‘‘(II) the vote on passage shall be

14 on the joint resolution of the other

15 House.

16 ‘‘(4) TRANSITION RULES FOR EXISTING SANC17

TIONS.—Any exercise of authority under subsection

18 (a)(1)(B) pursuant to an emergency declared under

19 the National Emergencies Act prior to the date of

20 the enactment of this subsection that is active on

21 such date of enactment—

22 ‘‘(A) shall remain in full force and effect

23 for a period not to exceed 180 days after such

24 date of enactment; and

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1 ‘‘(B) shall automatically terminate upon

2 the expiration of such 180-day period unless a

3 joint resolution of approval under this sub4

section is enacted into law extending such au5

thority.’’.

6 (3) GENEVA CONVENTIONS.—The United

7 States formally recognizes the absolute applicability

8 of the Geneva Conventions and International Human

9 Rights Law to all individuals in the custody of the

10 United States, regardless of their citizenship or loca11

tion of apprehension.

12 (4) PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN PROFILING SYS13

TEMS.—No Federal agency may design, operate, or

14 maintain (nor may any Federal funds made avail15

able be used to design, operate, or maintain) any

16 database, registry, or automated tracking system

17 that profiles individuals based on geographic origin,

18 ancestry, or religious affiliation.

19 (5) NATIONAL SECURITY PRIVILEGE.—For pur20

poses of the application of Rule 34 of the Federal

21 Rules of Civil Procedure and Rule 17 of the Federal

22 Rules of Criminal Procedure, a record or informa23

tion is not privileged on the basis that such record

24 or information pertains to the national security of

25 the United States.

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1 TITLE IV—INVESTING IN

2 COMMUNITY

3 SEC. 401. IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT DEFINI4

TIONS.

5 Section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality

6 Act is amended by striking paragraph (3) and inserting

7 the following:

8 ‘‘(3) NONCITIZEN.—

9 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘noncitizen’

10 means any individual that is not a citizen or na11

tional of the United States.

12 ‘‘(B) REFERENCE TO ‘ALIEN’.—Any ref13

erence in this or any other Federal law, regula14

tion, or instrument issued by the executive

15 branch of the Government to the term ‘alien’,

16 as previously defined in this paragraph, shall be

17 deemed to be a reference to the term ‘noncit18

izen’, as defined in this paragraph.’’.

19 SEC. 402. INVESTING IN COMMUNITY SAFETY.

20 (a) RESCISSION.—There is permanently rescinded

21 the unobligated balance of each amount made available to

22 the Department of Homeland Security for any fiscal year

23 for immigration enforcement as of the date of the enact24

ment of this Act.

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1 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR RE2

SCINDED FUNDS.—Amounts rescinded by subsection (a)

3 shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury and

4 are authorized to be appropriated only for the establish5

ment or implementation of one or more of the following

6 programs:

7 (1) Universal healthcare access, including the

8 following:

9 (A) Medicare for All.

10 (B) Free mental health treatment.

11 (C) First responders.

12 (2) Housing for All, including the following:

13 (A) Permanently affordable housing infra14

structure.

15 (B) Ending homelessness.

16 (3) Universal child care.

17 (4) Access to healthy, nutritious food, including

18 free meals in public schools.

19 (5) Free public education, including the fol20

lowing:

21 (A) Pre-K.

22 (B) K–12.

23 (C) Higher education, including graduate

24 school.

25 (D) Trade and apprenticeship programs.

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1 (E) Student loan forgiveness.

2 (6) Climate Justice, including the following:

3 (A) Green-job training programs.

4 (B) Emergency preparedness.

5 (C) Access to clean water and sanitation.

6 (7) Safe and Dignified Migration, including a

7 universal guarantee of legal counsel for all individ8

uals in immigration proceedings.

9 (8) Economic Opportunity programs, including

10 the following:

11 (A) Universal basic income.

12 (B) Living wage for all.

13 (C) Paid parental leave.

14 (D) Unionized jobs.

15 (E) AI worker displacement jobs program.

16 (c) NATIONAL SOCIAL SERVICE CORPS.—

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Commu18

nity Safety shall establish a public service jobs

19 framework, to be known as the ‘‘National Social

20 Service Corps’’, through which individuals may com21

mit a term of service to community health centers,

22 mental health support, disaster resilience and cli23

mate adaptation, public housing construction and

24 green infrastructure retrofits, environmental remedi-

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1 ation, community-based gun violence intervention

2 and prevention, or care-work infrastructure.

3 (2) MEMBERS.—Members of the National So4

cial Service Corps who complete a designated term

5 of service shall receive the following:

6 (A) Full or matching tuition assistance for

7 higher education or accredited vocational or

8 trade programs.

9 (B) A guaranteed living-wage stipend

10 scaled to local cost-of-living during their service

11 term.

12 (C) Post-service hiring preferences for

13 Federal civil service jobs, particularly within the

14 Department of Community Safety and emer15

gency response sectors.

16 (d) INCLUSIVE DEMOCRACY GRANT PROGRAM.—The

17 Secretary of Community Safety shall provide to States,

18 the District of Columbia, territories, Tribes, and local gov19

ernments grants for the purpose of—

20 (1) modernizing, expanding, and protecting ac21

cessible voting infrastructure (such as universal

22 mail-in voting, no-excuse early voting, and language23

accessible ballot processing);

24 (2) supporting comprehensive K–12 and adult

25 civics education curricula focused on constitutional

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1 rights, systemic equity, and participatory democracy;

2 and

3 (3) supporting independent, community-led civic

4 engagement programs.

5 (e) FIREARM VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND COMMU6

NITY HEALING.—

7 (1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

8 There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec9

retary of Community Safety $250,000,000 each fis10

cal year to scale through the Office of Community

11 Violence Prevention established under section

12 101(d)(3) evidence-based, non-law-enforcement vio13

lence interruption models.

14 (2) WRAPAROUND SERVICES GRANTS.—The

15 Secretary of Community Safety shall provide to enti16

ties that carry out Hospital-Based Violence Inter17

vention Programs (HVIPs) and trauma recovery

18 centers grants to provide wraparound services, men19

tal health care, and conflict mediation for survivors

20 of violence.

21 (3) COMMUNITY-LED ACTIVITIES.—The Sec22

retary of Community Safety shall provide on a com23

petitive basis to State, local, Tribal, and territorial

24 governments, public health agencies, and commu-

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1 nity-based non-profit organizations grants to carry

2 out the following:

3 (A) Community-led public education cam4

paigns on secure, locked firearm storage.

5 (B) Voluntary, community-led firearm

6 buyback and safe-disposal initiatives.

7 (4) COMMUNITY RECOVERY AND SUPPORT

8 FUND.—

9 (A) IN GENERAL.—There is established in

10 the Treasury a fund to be known as the ‘‘Com11

munity Recovery and Support Fund’’, to pro12

vide direct financial assistance to communities

13 impacted by the Department of Homeland Se14

curity’s enforcement actions, which specially in15

cludes family separation, detention, deportation,

16 excessive use of force, sexual assault, and

17 death.

18 (B) PROGRAMS.—The Secretary of Com19

munity Safety shall provide the following

20 through the Community Recovery and Support

21 Fund:

22 (i) Dedicated financial assistance spe23

cifically designated to cover logistical, ad24

ministrative, and legal expenses required to

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1 reunite families separated by detention or

2 deportation, including any of the following:

3 (I) Consular fees.

4 (II) Travel expenses for children

5 and dependent family members.

6 (III) International document pro7

curement.

8 (IV) Attorney fees.

9 (ii) Direct income-replacement grants

10 for households that experience acute finan11

cial destitution due to the sudden detention

12 or deportation of the primary income

13 source of a household, including short-term

14 emergency stipends, micro-grants to sus15

tain self-employed workers or small busi16

ness owners, and transition assistance to

17 prevent housing eviction and utility shut18

offs.

19 (iii) Grants for emergency housing,

20 nutrition assistance, clothing, hygiene

21 items, essential personal belongings, and

22 medical needs.

23 (f) CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES

24 PANEL.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enact25

ment of this Act, the Secretary of Community Safety shall

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1 appoint a panel of stakeholders to study the improvement

2 of the functions of the Director of the Bureau of Citizen3

ship and Immigration Services and the establishment of

4 the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services as an

5 independent agency, and make recommendations thereon.

6 (g) EOIR PANEL.—Not later than 1 year after the

7 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Community

8 Safety shall appoint a panel of stakeholders to study the

9 abolishment of the Executive Office for Immigration Re10

view and the establishment of an independent immigration

11 court system, and make recommendations thereon.

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