I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4597 
To provide resources and incentives for the enforcement of immigration laws 
in the interior of the United States and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 24, 2016 
Mr. BROOKS of Alabama introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To provide resources and incentives for the enforcement of 
immigration laws in the interior of the United States 
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 ‘‘ICE Agent Support 
Act of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. USE OF FUNDS IN THE IMMIGRATION ENFORCE-
MENT ACCOUNT. 
Section 280 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1330) is amended— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘Attorney General’’ each place 
that term appears and inserting ‘‘Secretary of 
Homeland Security’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(3), by striking subpara-
graph (A) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) The Secretary of the Treasury shall refund out 
of the Immigration Enforcement Account to any appro-
priation the amount paid out of such appropriation for 
expenses incurred by the Secretary of Homeland Security 
for— 
‘‘(i) the identification, investigation, apprehen-
sion, detention, and removal of criminal aliens, in-
cluding providing the staffing levels within the En-
forcement and Removal Operations division of U.S. 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement necessary to 
carry out statutorily authorized enforcement oper-
ations; 
‘‘(ii) the maintenance and updating of systems 
used by the Enforcement and Removal Operations 
division of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce-
ment to identify and track criminal aliens, deport-
able aliens, inadmissible aliens, and aliens illegally 
entering the United States; and 
‘‘(iii) the purchase of firearms, vehicles, and 
other safety or apprehension equipment for the En-
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forcement and Removal Operations division of U.S. 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement.’’. 
SEC. 3. CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION SERIES POSITIONS IN 
THE DIVISION OF ENFORCEMENT AND RE-
MOVAL OPERATIONS OF U.S. IMMIGRATION 
AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT. 
Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall es-
tablish the percentage of positions within the Enforcement 
and Removal Operations division of U.S. Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement that shall be classified as a criminal 
investigator position, consistent with the requirements and 
standards for occupational classification series 1811, dedi-
cated to enforcing the criminal statutory provisions of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.). 
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