,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cgcb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #ab1       
#bjac,mrs4 ,black 7for herself1 ,mr4    
,smith of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,gingrey of      
,georgia1 ,mr4 ,poe of ,texas1 and ,mr4 
,flores7 introduced the following bill2 
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 ,advocate1 or the   
position of ,deputy ,assistant ,director
 of ,custody ,programs and ,community   
,outreach1 within ,u4,s4 ,immigration   
and ,customs ,enforcement1 and for other
 purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,immigration        
,compliance ,enforcement 7,,ice7 ,act4  
#b4 ,findings ,the ,congress finds as   
follows3 7#a7 ,on ,march #bf1 #bjac1    
,president ,obama signed into law the   
,consolidated and ,further ,continuing  
,appropriations ,act1 #bjac 7,public    
,law #aac-f74  7#b7 ,such ,act          

prohibited funds made available by the  
,act from being used to provide funding 
for the position of ,public ,advocate   
within ,u4,s4 ,immigration and ,customs 
,enforcement 7,,ice7 4  7#c7 ,following 
the enactment of the ,consolidated and  
,further ,continuing ,appropriations    
,act1 #bjac1 the former ,,ice ,public   
,advocate continued to work at ,,ice as 
,deputy ,assistant ,director of ,custody
 ,programs and ,community ,outreach1 a  
newly created position4  7#d7 ,,ice     
activities now defined as 8,community   
,outreach0 are the very activities as   
those previously undertaken by the      
now-defunct ,office of the ,public      
,advocate4 ,such activities include the 
operation of a national hotline1 the    
,,ice ,community and ,detainee          
,helpline1 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    
,act1 #bjac4  #c4 ,prohibited uses of   

funds ,none of the funds made available 
by any ,federal law may be used to      
provide funding for-- 7#a7 the position 
of ,public ,advocate within ,u4,s4      
,immigration and ,customs ,enforcement2 
7#b7 the position of ,deputy ,assistant 
,director of ,custody ,programs and     
,community ,outreach within ,u4,s4      
,immigration and ,customs ,enforcement2 
or  7#c7 any other position within      
,u4,s4 ,customs and ,immigration        
,enforcement the functions of which are 
substantially the same as those which-- 
7,a7 as of ,march #bf1 #bjac1 were      
assigned to the position of ,public     
,advocate within ,u4,s4 ,immigration and
 ,customs ,enforcement2 or  7,b7 as of  
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
were assigned to the position of ,deputy
 ,assistant ,director of ,custody       
,programs and ,community ,outreach      
within ,u4,s4 ,immigration and ,customs 
,enforcement4