move criminal aliens encountered in Federal, State, and 
local detention facilities. 
(c) STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT SUP-
PORT.—The Secretary of Homeland Security shall take 
necessary steps to allow for the training of a minimum 
of 250 State and local law enforcement officers in Federal 
immigration law enforcement procedure. This would be an 
expansion of an already active and successful program. 
SEC. 302. INCREASED OVERSIGHT OF AGENTS. 
To ensure the ability of Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Patrol 
(CBP) to enforce integrity and ethical behavior through-
out their expanded ranks, an increase of 5 in the number 
of Special Agents in the Office of Professional Responsi-
bility. 
SEC. 303. REWARDS PROGRAM. 
(a) REWARDS PROGRAM.—Section 274 (8 U.S.C. 
1324) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) REWARDS PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the 
Department of Homeland Security a program for 
the payment of rewards to carry out the purposes of 
this section. 
‘‘(2) PURPOSE.—The rewards program shall be 
designed to assist in the elimination of commercial 
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operations to produce or sell fraudulent documents 
to be used for entering or remaining in the United 
States unlawfully and to assist in the investigation, 
prosecution, or disruption of a commercial alien 
smuggling operation. 
‘‘(3) ADMINISTRATION.—The rewards program 
shall be administered by the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, in consultation, as appropriate, with the 
Attorney General and the Secretary of State. 
‘‘(4) REWARDS AUTHORIZED.—In the sole dis-
cretion of the Secretary of Homeland Security, such 
Secretary, in consultation, as appropriate, with the 
Attorney General and the Secretary of State, may 
pay a reward to any individual who furnishes infor-
mation or testimony leading to— 
‘‘(A) the arrest or conviction of any indi-
vidual conspiring or attempting to produce or 
sell fraudulent documents to be used for enter-
ing or remaining in the United States unlaw-
fully or to commit an act of commercial alien 
smuggling involving the transportation of 
aliens; 
‘‘(B) the arrest or conviction of any indi-
vidual committing such an act; 
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‘‘(C) the arrest or conviction of any indi-
vidual aiding or abetting the commission of 
such an act; 
‘‘(D) the prevention, frustration, or favor-
able resolution of such an act, including the dis-
mantling of an operation to produce or sell 
fraudulent documents to be used for entering or 
remaining in the United States, or commercial 
alien smuggling operations, in whole or in sig-
nificant part; or 
‘‘(E) the identification or location of an in-
dividual who holds a key leadership position in 
an operation to produce or sell fraudulent docu-
ments to be used for entering or remaining in 
the United States unlawfully or a commercial 
alien smuggling operation involving the trans-
portation of aliens. 
‘‘(5) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary to carry out this subsection. 
Amounts appropriated under this paragraph shall 
remain available until expended. 
‘‘(6) INELIGIBILITY.—An officer or employee of 
any Federal, State, local, or foreign government 
who, while in performance of his or her official du-
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ties, furnishes information described in paragraph 
(4) shall not be eligible for a reward under this sub-
section for such furnishing. 
‘‘(7) PROTECTION MEASURES.—If the Secretary 
of Homeland Security, the Secretary of State, or the 
Attorney General determines that an individual who 
furnishes information or testimony described in 
paragraph (4), or any spouse, child, parent, son, or 
daughter of such an individual, must be protected, 
such official may take such lawful action as the offi-
cial considers necessary to effect such protection. 
‘‘(8) LIMITATIONS AND CERTIFICATION.— 
‘‘(A) 
MAXIMUM
AMOUNT.—No 
reward 
under this subsection may exceed $100,000. 
‘‘(B) APPROVAL.—Any reward under this 
subsection exceeding $50,000 shall be person-
ally approved by the Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity. 
‘‘(C) CERTIFICATION FOR PAYMENT.—Any 
reward granted under this subsection shall be 
certified for payment by the Secretary of Home-
land Security. 
‘‘(9) PUBLICITY.—The Department of Home-
land Security shall be responsible for developing and 
implementing an advertising strategy to make known 
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the rewards described within this section in order to 
solicit informants.’’. 
SEC. 304. INCREASED DETENTION FACILITIES FOR ALIENS 
APPREHENDED FOR ILLEGAL ENTRY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity shall make arrangements for the availability of 8,000 
additional beds for detaining aliens taken into custody by 
immigration officials. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—Efforts shall be made to— 
(1) contract private facilities whenever possible 
to promote efficient use and to limit the Federal 
Government’s maintenance of and liability for addi-
tional infrastructure; 
(2) utilize State and local facilities for the pro-
vision of additional beds; and 
(3) utilize BRAC facilities or active duty facili-
ties. 
(c) CONSTRUCTION.—The Department of Homeland 
Security shall construct facilities as necessary to meet the 
remainder of the 8,000 new beds to be provided. 
(d) FAMILY DETENTION FACILITY.—To further meet 
the special needs of detained families, the Department of 
Homeland Security shall retain or construct a family de-
tention facility, similar to the T. Don Hutto Family Resi-
dential Facility, offering no less than 500 beds. 
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