Amendment109th Congress
Amendment prohibits law enforcement grants from being provided to local law enforcement agencies in localities that restrict those agencies from sharing certain immigration information with the Department of Homeland Security.
- Amendment Number
- 644
- Description
- Amendment prohibits law enforcement grants from being provided to local law enforcement agencies in localities that restrict those agencies from sharing certain immigration information with the Department of Homeland Security.
- Purpose
- An amendment numbered 7 printed in Part B of House Report 109-347 to amend Section 642 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 by replacing "Immigration and Naturalization Service" with "Department of Homeland Security" and enforces Section 642 by stating that the Attorney General shall not provide any grant amount to any Federal, State, or local government agency or entity that violates the Act (which states that any government official or entity may not be prohibited from sending information to DHS regarding the citizenship or immigration status of any individual).
- Congress
- 109
- Type
- HAMDT
- Latest Action Date
- Dec 15, 2005
- Latest Action Text
- On agreeing to the Campbell (CA) amendment (A007) Agreed to by voice vote.
- Latest Action Time
- 19:53:17
- Submitted Date
- Dec 15, 2005
- Chamber
- House of Representatives
- Update Date
- Feb 3, 2022