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S 638 112th Congress Senate

SCAAP Reimbursement Protection Act of 2011

Official title: A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for compensation to States incarcerating undocumented aliens charged with a felony or two or more misdemeanors.

Introduced: March 17, 2011 See on congress.gov
Immigration Border security and unlawful immigrationCorrectional facilities and imprisonmentForeign laborLaw enforcement administration and fundingState and local finance
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Mar 17, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1846)
Mar 17, 2011
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1846)
Mar 17, 2011
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action March 17, 2011

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1846)

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

SCAAP Reimbursement Protection Act of 2011- Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to reimburse states under the state criminal alien assistance program (SCAAP) for incarcerating undocumented aliens charged with a felony or two or more misdemeanors. (Currently, such reimbursement is for incarceration of undocumented aliens convicted of a felony or two or more misdemeanors.)

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 638: SCAAP Reimbursement Protection Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-638/
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"S. 638: SCAAP Reimbursement Protection Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-638/.
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S. 638, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-638/.
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