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Floor Speech2025-01-13

Text of Senate Amendment 14

John Cornyn
John Cornyn
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Text of Senate Amendment 14

Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 6 (Monday, January 13, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 6 (Monday, January 13, 2025)] [Senate] [Page S96] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 14. Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. Budd) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 8 proposed by Mr. Thune (for Ms. Ernst (for herself and Mr. Grassley)) to the bill S. 5, to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: =========================== NOTE =========================== On page S96, January 13, 2025, in the first column, the following appears:SA 14. Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. BUDD) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 8 proposed by Ms. ERNST (for herself and Mr. GRASSLEY) to the bill S. 5 . . . The online Record has been corrected to read: SA 14. Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. BUDD) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 8 proposed by Mr. Thune (for Ms. ERNST (for herself and Mr. GRASSLEY)) to the bill S. 5 . . . ========================= END NOTE ========================= In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert the following: ``(ii) is charged with, is arrested for, is convicted of, admits having committed, or admits committing acts which constitute the essential elements of any burglary, theft, larceny, shoplifting, or assault of a law enforcement officer offense, or any crime that results in death or serious bodily injury to another person,''; (2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (4); and (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following: ``(2) Definition.--For purposes of paragraph (1)(E), the terms `burglary', `theft', `larceny', `shoplifting', `assault of a law enforcement officer', and `serious bodily injury' have the meanings given such terms in the jurisdiction in which the acts occurred. ______

Referenced legislation: S5
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