,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #adgj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #ad1      
#bjai,ms4 ,mc,sally 7for herself1 ,mr4  
,cornyn1 ,mrs4 ,blackburn1 and ,mr4     
,cotton7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill
  ,to strengthen border security1       
increase resources for enforcement of   
immigration laws1 and for other         
purposes4  #a4 ,state ,criminal ,alien  
,assistance ,program ,section #bda7;i7  
of the ,immigration and ,nationality    
,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #abca7;i77 is        
amended-- 7#a7 in paragraph 7#a7--  7,a7
 by inserting ,authorization4-- before  
,if the chief2  7,b7 in the matter      
preceding subparagraph 7,a71 by         
inserting and medical expenses after    
incarceration2 and  7,c7 by inserting or
 an alien with an unknown status after  
undocumented criminal alien each place  
that term appears2  7#b7 by striking    
paragraphs 7#b7 and 7#c7 and inserting  

the following3  7#b7 ,compensation  7,a7
 ,compensation of ,state for            
incarceration ,the ,attorney ,general   
shall compensate a ,state or political  
subdivision of a ,state referred to in  
paragraph 7#a77;,a71 in accordance with 
subparagraph 7,b71 for the incarceration
 of an alien--  7i7 whose immigration   
status cannot be verified by the        
,secretary of ,homeland ,security2 and  
7ii7 who would otherwise be an          
undocumented criminal alien if the alien
 is unlawfully present in the ,united   
,states4  7,b7 ,calculation of          
compensation ,compensation under        
subparagraph 7,a7 shall be equal to the 
average cost of incarceration of a      
prisoner in the relevant ,state1 as     
determined by the ,attorney ,general4   
7#c7 ,definitions ,in this subsection3  
7,a7 ,alien with an unknown status ,the 
term alien with an unknown status means 
an individual--  7i7 who has been       
incarcerated by a ,federal1 ,state1 or  
local law enforcement entity2 and  7ii7 

whose immigration status cannot be      
definitively identified4  7,b7          
,undocumented criminal alien ,the term  
undocumented criminal alien means an    
alien who--  7i7 has been charged with  
or convicted of a felony or #b          
misdemeanors2 and  7ii7 7,i7 entered the
 ,united ,states without inspection or  
at any time or place other than as      
designated by the ,secretary of         
,homeland ,security2  7,,ii7 was the    
subject of exclusion or deportation or  
removal proceedings at the time he or   
she was taken into custody by the ,state
 or a political subdivision of the      
,state2 or  7,,iii7 was admitted as a   
nonimmigrant and1 at the time he or she 
was taken into custody by the ,state or 
political subdivision--  7aa7 failed to 
maintain the nonimmigrant status in     
which the alien was admitted or to which
 it was changed under section #bdh2 or  
7bb7 failed to comply with the          
conditions of any such status4  2  7#c7 
in paragraph 7#d71 by inserting and     

aliens with an unknown status after     
undocumented criminal aliens each place 
that term appears2  7#d7 by striking    
paragraphs 7#e7 and 7#f7 and inserting  
the following3  7#e7 ,authorization of  
appropriations  7,a7 ,in general ,there 
are authorized to be appropriated       
#iej1jjj1jjj for each of the fiscal     
years #bjbj through #bjbd to carry out  
this subsection4  7,b7 ,limitation      
,amounts appropriated pursuant to       
subparagraph 7,a7 that are distributed  
to a ,state or a political subdivision  
of a ,state1 including a municipality1  
may be used only for correctional       
purposes4  2 and  7#e7 by adding at the 
end the following3  7#f7 ,distribution  
of reimbursement ,any amounts provided  
to a ,state or a political subdivision  
of a ,state as compensation under       
paragraph 7#a77;,a7 for a fiscal year   
shall be distributed to such ,state or  
political subdivision not later than    
#abj days after the last day of the     
period specified by the ,attorney       

,general for the submission of requests 
under that paragraph for that fiscal    
year4  4