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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.
Summary
This bill establishes a federal grant program called the "Detention and Logistics Program" within the Department of Homeland Security to reimburse states and local governments for costs related to detaining migrants at detention facilities. States and local governments can apply to DHS for reimbursement of detention costs incurred on or after January 20, 2025. The bill directs DHS to fund the program by transferring unobligated balances from the Federal Emergency Management Agency's "Shelter and Services Program" to DHS accounts. Within 90 days of enactment, the DHS Secretary must report to Congress with a plan for coordinating with states to construct new detention facilities, identify available federal or state properties for such construction, and identify federal accounts with wasteful or underutilized funding that could be redirected to the program.
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Sponsor (1)
9 cosponsors
- Rep. Boebert, Lauren [R-CO-4] (R-CO)
- Rep. Collins, Mike [R-GA-10] (R-GA)
- Rep. Donalds, Byron [R-FL-19] (R-FL)
- Rep. Harrigan, Pat [R-NC-10] (R-NC)
- Rep. Harris, Mark [R-NC-8] (R-NC)
- Rep. Lee, Laurel M. [R-FL-15] (R-FL)
- Rep. Moore, Barry [R-AL-1] (R-AL)
- Rep. Moore, Tim [R-NC-14] (R-NC)
- Rep. Yakym, Rudy [R-IN-2] (R-IN)
Actions (2)
- Aug 22, 2025 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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. · house
- Aug 22, 2025 Introduced in House
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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 Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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 purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Accelerated Logistics and Coordination for Arresting, Transporting, and Removing 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 Department 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 Department of Homeland Security to carry out the Program.
(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 Security 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 Program of the Department of Homeland Security. <all>
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