[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5026 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5026
To establish in the Department of Homeland Security a grant program to
reimburse States the costs incurred by such States relating to the
detention of migrants at detention facilities in such States, and for
other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
August 22, 2025
Mr. McDowell (for himself, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Ms. Boebert, Ms. Lee
of Florida, Mr. Donalds, Mr. Harrigan, and Mr. Moore of North Carolina)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, for
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the
committee concerned
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A BILL
To establish in the Department of Homeland Security a grant program to
reimburse States the costs incurred by such States relating to the
detention of migrants at detention facilities in such States, and for
other purposes.
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 ``Accelerated Logistics and
Coordination for Arresting, Transporting, and Removing Aliens Zones
Act'' or the ``ALCATRAZ Act''.
SEC. 2. DHS GRANT PROGRAM RELATING TO DETENTION OF MIGRANTS.
(a) In General.--There is established in the Department of Homeland
Security a grant program, to be known as the ``Detention and Logistics
Program'' (in this section referred to as the ``Program''), to
reimburse States and local governments the costs incurred, on and after
January 20, 2025, by such States or local governments, as the case may
be, relating to the detention of migrants at detention facilities in
such States.
(b) Application.--To be eligible for reimbursement under the
Program, a State or local government, as the case may be, shall submit
to the Secretary of Homeland Security an application at such time, in
such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may
require.
(c) Funding.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall transfer the
unobligated balances of all amounts made available as of the date of
the enactment of this Act to the ``Shelter and Services Program''
administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to, and merge
such balances with, appropriate accounts of the Department of Homeland
Security to carry out the Program.
(d) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a
report that includes the following:
(1) A plan for--
(A) coordinating with States to rapidly construct
new migrant detention facilities; and
(B) identifying Federal or State properties that
might be used for such construction.
(2) The identification of underutilized, wasteful, or
redundant accounts the funding of which could be better
utilized by the Detention and Logistics Program of the
Department of Homeland Security.
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