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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 756 
To amend section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to clarify 
congressional intent with respect to agreements under such section, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 28, 2025 
Mr. CLOUD (for himself, Mr. ROY, Mr. OGLES, Mr. BABIN, Mr. HARRIS of 
Maryland, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. BIGGS of Arizona, and Mr. NEHLS) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Ju-
diciary 
A BILL 
To amend section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act to clarify congressional intent with respect to agree-
ments under such section, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘287(g) Program Pro-
tection Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF CONGRESSIONAL INTENT. 
Section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1357(g)) is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the Attorney 
General may enter’’ and all that follows through the 
period at the end and inserting the following: ‘‘the 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall enter into a 
written agreement with a State, or any political sub-
division of a State, upon request of the State or po-
litical subdivision, pursuant to which law enforce-
ment officers of the State or subdivision, who are 
determined by the Secretary to be qualified to per-
form a function of an immigration officer in relation 
to the investigation, apprehension, or detention of 
aliens in the United States (including the transpor-
tation of such aliens across State lines to detention 
centers), may carry out such function at the expense 
of the State or political subdivision. No request from 
a bona fide State or political subdivision or bona fide 
law enforcement agency shall be denied absent a 
compelling reason, and the Secretary shall notify the 
Congress and publish in the Federal Register an ex-
planation for those reasons at least 180 days in ad-
vance of making final the denial. No limit on the 
number of agreements under this subsection may be 
imposed. The Secretary shall process requests for 
such agreements with all due haste, and in no case 
shall more than 90 days elapse from the date the re-
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quest is made until the agreement is consummated. 
For purposes of this subsection, any reference to a 
political subdivision shall be construed to include any 
law enforcement or corrections agency of the polit-
ical subdivision.’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘Attorney General’’ each place 
such term appears and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’; 
(3) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through 
(10) as paragraphs (5) through (13), respectively; 
(4) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) An agreement under this subsection shall 
accommodate a requesting State or political subdivi-
sion with respect to the enforcement model or com-
bination of models, and shall accommodate a patrol 
model, task force model, jail model, any combination 
thereof, or any other reasonable model the State or 
political subdivision believes is best suited to the im-
migration enforcement needs of its jurisdiction. 
‘‘(3) No Federal program or technology directed 
broadly at identifying inadmissible or deportable 
aliens shall substitute for such agreements, including 
those establishing a jail model, and shall operate in 
addition to any agreement under this subsection. 
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‘‘(4)(A) No agreement under this subsection 
may be terminated absent a compelling reason. 
‘‘(B)(i) The Secretary shall provide a State or 
political subdivision written notice of intent to termi-
nate at least 180 days prior to date of intended ter-
mination, and the notice shall fully explain the 
grounds for termination, along with providing evi-
dence substantiating the Secretary’s allegations. 
‘‘(ii) In order to determine whether the require-
ments of this paragraph have been satisfied, the 
State or political subdivision shall have the right— 
‘‘(I) to appeal the decision of the Secretary 
to an administrative law judge for a hearing 
and decision; or 
‘‘(II) to bring a civil action in an appro-
priate court of jurisdiction. 
‘‘(C) The agreement shall remain in full effect 
during the course of any and all legal proceedings.’’; 
and 
(5) in paragraph (6) (as redesignated), by add-
ing at the end the following: ‘‘The Secretary of 
Homeland Security shall implement uniform training 
requirements for law enforcement officers who are, 
or will be, performing a function of an immigration 
officer under this subsection. The training require-
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ments shall align with Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Center standards for training under this 
subsection (as in effect of the date of the enactment 
of this sentence).’’. 
SEC. 3. FUNDING. 
Section 286(r) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(r)) is amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘BREACHED BOND/DETENTION FUND’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘BREACHED BOND/DETENTION/287(g) FUND’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘Attorney General’’ each place 
such term appears and inserting ‘‘Secretary of 
Homeland Security’’; 
(3) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Breached 
Bond/Detention’’ and inserting ‘‘Breached Bond/De-
tention/287(g)’’; 
(4) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Department 
of Justice’’ and inserting ‘‘Department of Homeland 
Security’’; and 
(5) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘, and’’ at the 
end and inserting a semicolon; 
(B) in clause (ii), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
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