[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1993 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1993

To permit limited reimbursements for the cost of salaries and overtime 
  pay for employees of States performing the functions of immigration 
                   officers, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 9, 2025

  Mrs. Moody (for herself and Mr. Lankford) introduced the following 
    bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To permit limited reimbursements for the cost of salaries and overtime 
  pay for employees of States performing the functions of immigration 
                   officers, 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 TITLES.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Reimbursements for Immigration 
Partnerships with Police to allow Local Enforcement Act of 2025'' or 
the ``RIPPLE Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. REIMBURSEMENTS TO STATES AND LOCALITIES FOR PERFORMANCE OF 
              IMMIGRATION FUNCTIONS.

    Section 287(g)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1357(g)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``The 
Attorney General may reimburse a State or a political subdivision for 
costs incurred by the State or political subdivision for wages (as 
defined in section 3121(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986), 
including the renumeration of overtime compensation (as defined in 
section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 207)), or 
salary to an officer or employee of such State or political subdivision 
for the performance of a function under an agreement under this 
subsection.''.
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