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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5026 
To establish in the Department of Homeland Security a grant program 
to reimburse States the costs incurred by such States relating to the 
detention of migrants at detention facilities in such States, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 22, 2025 
Mr. MCDOWELL (for himself, Mr. MOORE of Alabama, Ms. BOEBERT, Ms. 
LEE of Florida, Mr. DONALDS, Mr. HARRIGAN, and Mr. MOORE of North 
Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Appropria-
tions, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 
case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To establish in the Department of Homeland Security a 
grant program to reimburse States the costs incurred 
by such States relating to the detention of migrants 
at detention facilities in such States, 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, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Accelerated Logistics 
and Coordination for Arresting, Transporting, and Re-
moving Aliens Zones Act’’ or the ‘‘ALCATRAZ Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DHS GRANT PROGRAM RELATING TO DETENTION 
OF MIGRANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the De-
partment of Homeland Security a grant program, to be 
known as the ‘‘Detention and Logistics Program’’ (in this 
section referred to as the ‘‘Program’’), to reimburse States 
and local governments the costs incurred, on and after 
January 20, 2025, by such States or local governments, 
as the case may be, relating to the detention of migrants 
at detention facilities in such States. 
(b) APPLICATION.—To be eligible for reimbursement 
under the Program, a State or local government, as the 
case may be, shall submit to the Secretary of Homeland 
Security an application at such time, in such manner, and 
containing such information as the Secretary may require. 
(c) FUNDING.—The Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall transfer the unobligated balances of all amounts 
made available as of the date of the enactment of this Act 
to the ‘‘Shelter and Services Program’’ administered by 
the Federal Emergency Management Agency to, and 
merge such balances with, appropriate accounts of the De-
partment of Homeland Security to carry out the Program. 
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(d) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Se-
curity of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate a report that includes the following: 
(1) A plan for— 
(A) coordinating with States to rapidly 
construct new migrant detention facilities; and 
(B) identifying Federal or State properties 
that might be used for such construction. 
(2) The identification of underutilized, wasteful, 
or redundant accounts the funding of which could be 
better utilized by the Detention and Logistics Pro-
gram of the Department of Homeland Security. 
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