[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3955 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3955

 To authorize grants to States to collect and analyze data from State 
law enforcement agencies on the number of migrants in the United States 
       who have been charged or convicted of a criminal offense.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 26, 2026

Mrs. Blackburn introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize grants to States to collect and analyze data from State 
law enforcement agencies on the number of migrants in the United States 
       who have been charged or convicted of a criminal offense.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Migrant Crime Reporting Act of 
2026''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Eligible state.--The term ``eligible State'' means a 
        State that--
                    (A) requests a migrant crime reporting grant for a 
                fiscal year; and
                    (B) for the fiscal year before the fiscal year for 
                which the State requests a migrant crime reporting 
                grant, makes publicly available on a website operated 
                by the State and submits to the Secretary a migrant 
                crime report for the State.
            (2) Migrant.--The term ``migrant'' means a person who is 
        unable to present a valid document issued to such person that 
        is--
                    (A) a Permanent Resident Card (Form I-551) issued 
                by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services;
                    (B) an official birth certificate issued by a 
                State, local government, or territory of the United 
                States or by the United States;
                    (C) a valid, unexpired United States passport;
                    (D) a Certificate of Citizenship (Form N-560 or 
                Form N-561); or
                    (E) a Certificate of Naturalization (Form N-550), a 
                Replacement Certificate of Naturalization (Form N-570), 
                or a Special Certificate of Naturalization (Form N-
                578).
            (3) Migrant crime report.--The term ``migrant crime 
        report'' means a report regarding the number of migrants who 
        have been charged with or convicted of a criminal offense in a 
        State during a fiscal year.
            (4) Migrant crime reporting grant.--The term ``migrant 
        crime reporting grant'' means a grant awarded under section 
        3(a).
            (5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Homeland Security.
            (6) State.--The term ``State'' means each of the several 
        States of the United States.

SEC. 3. MIGRANT CRIME REPORTING GRANTS.

    (a) In General.--For fiscal year 2027, and each fiscal year 
thereafter, the Secretary shall, subject to the availability of 
appropriations, award to each eligible State a grant in the amount of 
$1,000,000.
    (b) Use of Funds.--A State shall use amounts received under a 
migrant crime reporting grant to collect and analyze data from law 
enforcement agencies in each county, parish, borough, or other general 
purpose political subdivision of the State on the number of migrants 
who have been charged with or convicted of a criminal offense in the 
State.
    (c) Migrant Crime Reporting Requirement.--A State that receives a 
migrant crime reporting grant for a fiscal year shall make publicly 
available on a website operated by the State and submit to the 
Secretary a migrant crime report for the State with respect to the 
fiscal year.

SEC. 4. FUNDING.

    Section 100051 of the Act entitled ``An Act to provide for 
reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14'', approved July 
4, 2025 (Public Law 119-21; 139 Stat. 385) (commonly known as the ``One 
Big Beautiful Bill Act''), is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
            ``(13) Migrant crime reporting grants.--Awarding grants 
        under the Migrant Crime Reporting Act of 2026.''.
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