State Criminal Alien Assistance Program Reauthorization Act of 2005

State Criminal Alien Assistance Program Reauthorization Act of 2005 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize specified appropriations through FY2011 for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP).

Permits SCAAP funds distributed to States or political subdivisions to be used only for correctional purposes.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 188 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 188

       To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize 
  appropriations for fiscal years 2005 through 2011 to carry out the 
                State Criminal Alien Assistance Program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 26, 2005

  Mrs. Feinstein (for herself, Mr. Kyl, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Cornyn, Mrs. 
Boxer, Mr. McCain, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Crapo, Ms. Cantwell, Mrs. Hutchison, 
    Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Alexander, and Mr. Lautenberg) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
       To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize 
  appropriations for fiscal years 2005 through 2011 to carry out the 
                State Criminal Alien Assistance Program.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``State Criminal Alien Assistance 
Program Reauthorization Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEARS 2005 THROUGH 
              2011.

    Section 241(i)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1231(i)(5)) is amended by striking ``appropriated'' and all that 
follows through the period and inserting the following: ``appropriated 
to carry out this subsection--
                    ``(A) such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 
                2005;
                    ``(B) $750,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;
                    ``(C) $850,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; and
                    ``(D) $950,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 
                2008 through 2011.''.
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