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S. 2 — what changed

Secure America Act

From Placed on Calendar Senate to Engrossed in Senate. 1 section amended and 3 added between Placed on Calendar Senate and Engrossed in Senate.

Section 1 Short title; table of contents

(a)
added Short title— This Act may be cited as the “Secure America Act”.
(b)
added Table of contents— The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

removed This Act may be cited as the “Secure America Act”.

Sec. 201 U.S. Customs and Border Protection

added

added In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection for fiscal year 2026, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $13,020,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2029, for hiring, paying, training, and equipping U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents, and the necessary support staff, and to provide other necessary expenses for U.S. Customs and Border Protection mission support and operations and maintenance, in order to carry out immigration enforcement activities.

Sec. 202 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

added

added In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for fiscal year 2026, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $31,075,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2029, for the following purposes:

(1)
added Hiring, paying, and training— Hiring, paying, training, and equipping U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel and the personnel for all its directorates, including officers, agents, investigators, attorneys and support staff, to carry out immigration enforcement activities.
(2)
added Transportation— Funding for transportation costs and related costs associated with alien departure or removal operations.
(3)
added Information technology— Funding for information technology maintenance and sustainment to support enforcement and removal operations, including improvements to fee collections and body-worn cameras.
(4)
added Facility maintenance and sustainment— Funding for facility maintenance and sustainment to support enforcement and removal operations.
(5)
added Fleet maintenance and sustainment— Funding for fleet maintenance and sustainment to support enforcement and removal operations.
(6)
added 287(g) agreements— Supporting coordination with state and local authorities by expanding, facilitating, and implementing agreements under section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1357(g)).
(7)
added Office of the principal legal advisor— Hiring and paying attorneys and the necessary support staff within the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor to represent the Department in immigration enforcement and removal proceedings.
(8)
added Operation and maintenance— Necessary expenses for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's mission support, including awards, and operations and maintenance for its immigration enforcement functions.
(9)
added Operations by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to arrest released covered unlawful aliens—
(A)
added In general— Not less than $350,000,000 for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for necessary expenses, in accordance with existing law, of detainer management, detainer issuance, custodial transfer, release monitoring, transportation, and arrests of covered unlawful aliens encountered in jurisdictions that are not qualified cooperating jurisdictions, except that no Indian tribal government shall be treated as a jurisdiction that is not a qualified cooperating jurisdiction for purposes of this subparagraph.
(B)
added Qualified cooperating jurisdiction defined— In this paragraph, the term qualified cooperating jurisdiction means a State or political subdivision of a State that, as of the date of the enactment of this Act—
(i)
added is party to a written agreement in effect under section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1357(g)); or
(ii)
added has in effect, and has filed with the Secretary in such form and manner as the Secretary may prescribe, a certification that such State or political subdivision is in compliance with section 642 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1373) and section 434 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1644).
(C)
added Limitation on use of funds— None of the funds appropriated pursuant to this paragraph may be used, except as required by existing law, to release, parole, place on alternatives to detention, transport for purposes of release, or otherwise facilitate the release into the community of any covered unlawful alien encountered.
(D)
added Covered unlawful alien defined— In this paragraph, the term covered unlawful alien means an adult alien who—
(i)
added is described in section 236(c)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1226(c)(1));
(ii)
added is inadmissible under section 212(a)(2) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2));
(iii)
added is deportable under section 237(a)(2) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2));
(iv)
added following an arrest, charge, booking, or conviction for a criminal offense under Federal, State, or local law, other than a minor traffic offense, is the subject of an immigration detainer, notice request, or custody-transfer request issued by the Department of Homeland Security pursuant to section 236, 241(a), or 287 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1226, 1231(a), or 1357); or
(v)
added has been charged with or convicted of an offense described in section 275 or 276 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1325 or 1326).

Sec. 203 Additional Department of Homeland Security appropriations

added

added In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2026, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $2,500,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2029, for the purposes provided in this title or in paragraph (3) or (7) of section 100051 of Public Law 119–21.