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 CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS—MAY 17, 2007

121 STAT. 2633

SEC. 514. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE STATE CRIMINAL ALIEN ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: (1) Control of illegal immigration is a Federal responsibility. (2) The State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (referred to in this section as ‘‘SCAAP’’) carried out pursuant to section 241(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(i)) provides critical funding to States and localities for reimbursement of costs incurred as a result of housing undocumented criminal aliens. (3) Congress appropriated $300,000,000 for SCAAP to reimburse State and local governments for those costs in fiscal year 2004. (4) Congress appropriated $305,000,000 for SCAAP to reimburse State and local governments for those costs in fiscal year 2005. (5) Congress appropriated $405,000,000 for SCAAP to reimburse State and local governments for those costs in fiscal year 2006. (6) Congress appropriated $399,000,000 for SCAAP to reimburse State and local governments for those costs in fiscal year 2007. (7) Congress has authorized to be appropriated $950,000,000 to carry out SCAAP for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2011. (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that SCAAP funding for fiscal year 2008 should be consistent with the goal of achieving the program’s fully authorized level.

TITLE VI—RECONCILIATION SEC. 601. RECONCILIATION IN THE HOUSE.

Not later than September 10, 2007, the House Committee on Education and Labor shall report to the House of Representatives changes in laws to reduce the deficit by $750,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2012. SEC. 602. DEFICIT-REDUCTION RECONCILIATION INSTRUCTION IN THE SENATE.

Not later than September 10, 2007, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions shall report changes in laws within its jurisdiction to reduce the deficit by $750,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2007 through 2012.

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