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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3732 

To prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from using Federal funds 

for the position of Public Advocate, or the position of Deputy Assistant 

Director of Custody Programs and Community Outreach, within U.S. 

Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 12, 2013 

Mrs. BLACK (for herself, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. GINGREY of Georgia, Mr. 

POE of Texas, and Mr. FLORES) introduced the following bill; which was 

referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from using 

Federal funds for the position of Public Advocate, or 

the position of Deputy Assistant Director of Custody 

Programs and Community Outreach, within U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Immigration Compli5 ance Enforcement (ICE) Act’’. 

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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 The Congress finds as follows: 

3 (1) On March 26, 2013, President Obama 

4 signed into law the Consolidated and Further Con5 tinuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (Public Law 113– 

6 6). 

7 (2) Such Act prohibited funds made available 

8 by the Act from being used to provide funding for 

9 the position of Public Advocate within U.S. Immi10 gration and Customs Enforcement (‘‘ICE’’) . 

11 (3) Following the enactment of the Consoli12 dated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 

13 2013, the former ICE Public Advocate continued to 

14 work at ICE as Deputy Assistant Director of Cus15 tody Programs and Community Outreach, a newly 

16 created position. 

17 (4) ICE activities now defined as ‘‘Community 

18 Outreach’’ are the very activities as those previously 

19 undertaken by the now-defunct Office of the Public 

20 Advocate. Such activities include the operation of a 

21 national hotline, the ICE Community and Detainee 

22 Helpline, which uses the same telephone number as 

23 a hotline used in the Office of the Public Advocate 

24 prior to the enactment of the Consolidated and Fur25 ther Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013. 

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1 SEC. 3. PROHIBITED USES OF FUNDS. 

2 None of the funds made available by any Federal law 

3 may be used to provide funding for— 

4 (1) the position of Public Advocate within U.S. 

5 Immigration and Customs Enforcement; 

6 (2) the position of Deputy Assistant Director of 

7 Custody Programs and Community Outreach within 

8 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; or 

9 (3) any other position within U.S. Customs and 

10 Immigration Enforcement the functions of which are 

11 substantially the same as those which— 

12 (A) as of March 26, 2013, were assigned 

13 to the position of Public Advocate within U.S. 

14 Immigration and Customs Enforcement; or 

15 (B) as of the date of the enactment of this 

16 Act, were assigned to the position of Deputy 

17 Assistant Director of Custody Programs and 

18 Community Outreach within U.S. Immigration 

19 and Customs Enforcement. 

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