Immigration Compliance Enforcement (ICE) Act

Bill: 113-hr-3732
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6]
Introduced: 2013-12-12
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Appropriations

Border security and unlawful immigration

Department of Homeland Security

Executive agency funding and structure
Latest action: action_date: 2014-03-05
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 17 - 14.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-12-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Immigration Compliance Enforcement (ICE) Act - Prohibits the use of federal funds for: (1) the position of Public Advocate within U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE); (2) the position of Deputy Assistant Director of Custody Programs and Community Outreach within ICE; or (3) any other position within ICE whose functions are substantially the same as those which as of March 26, 2013, were assigned to the position of Public Advocate within ICE, or 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 ICE.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3732 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. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Immigration Compliance Enforcement (ICE) Act . 2. Findings The Congress finds as follows: (1) On March 26, 2013, President Obama signed into law the Consolidated and Further Continuing 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. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ) . (3) Following the enactment of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013, the former ICE Public Advocate continued to work at ICE as Deputy Assistant Director of Custody 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 Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013. 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.