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
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.
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.