I 
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. Immi-
gration and Customs Enforcement, and for other pur-
poses. 
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 ‘‘Immigration Compli-
ance Enforcement (ICE) Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds as follows: 
(1) On March 26, 2013, President Obama 
signed into law the Consolidated and Further Con-
tinuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (Public Law 113– 
6). 
(2) Such Act prohibited funds made available 
by the Act from being used to provide funding for 
the position of Public Advocate within U.S. Immi-
gration and Customs Enforcement (‘‘ICE’’) . 
(3) Following the enactment of the Consoli-
dated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 
2013, the former ICE Public Advocate continued to 
work at ICE as Deputy Assistant Director of Cus-
tody Programs and Community Outreach, a newly 
created position. 
(4) ICE activities now defined as ‘‘Community 
Outreach’’ are the very activities as those previously 
undertaken by the now-defunct Office of the Public 
Advocate. Such activities include the operation of a 
national hotline, the ICE Community and Detainee 
Helpline, which uses the same telephone number as 
a hotline used in the Office of the Public Advocate 
prior to the enactment of the Consolidated and Fur-
ther Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013. 
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SEC. 3. PROHIBITED USES OF FUNDS. 
None of the funds made available by any Federal law 
may be used to provide funding for— 
(1) the position of Public Advocate within U.S. 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement; 
(2) the position of Deputy Assistant Director of 
Custody Programs and Community Outreach within 
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; or 
(3) any other position within U.S. Customs and 
Immigration Enforcement the functions of which are 
substantially the same as those which— 
(A) as of March 26, 2013, were assigned 
to the position of Public Advocate within U.S. 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement; or 
(B) as of the date of the enactment of this 
Act, were assigned to the position of Deputy 
Assistant Director of Custody Programs and 
Community Outreach within U.S. Immigration 
and Customs Enforcement. 
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