Text of Senate Amendment 5545

On 2026-06-04, Senator Andy Kim (D-NJ) delivered a floor speech titled "Text Of Senate Amendment 5545" in the Senate.

Text of Senate Amendment 5545

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 95 (Thursday, June 4, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 95 (Thursday, June 4, 2026)] [Senate] [Pages S2583-S2584] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 5545. Mr. KIM (for himself and Mr. Booker) proposed an amendment to amendment SA 5453 proposed by Mr. Thune (for Mr. Graham) to the bill S. 2, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 33.; as follows: At the appropriate place, insert the following: Sec. ___. (a) In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Office of the Inspector General and the Office of Detention Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2026, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $2,000,000 to each conduct, not later than 7 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, an unannounced inspection of the Delaney Hall Detention Facility in Newark, New Jersey, in accordance with subsection (b). (b) Each inspection required under subsection (a) shall assess-- (1) the standard and quality of food provided in the facility; (2) the quality of, and access to, medical care at the facility; (3) the conditions and use of solitary confinement measures at the facility; (4) the security of the facility; (5) detainees' access to legal counsel; (6) the resources provided to detainees in the facility; (7) the capacity of the staff at the facility to identify and appropriately address mental health issues found among detainees at the facility; (8) detainee accounts of recent protests at the facility and whether use of force or retaliation tactics were deployed; [[Page S2584]] (9) mental health conditions of detainees and agents or officers serving at the facility; and (10) the average length of stay for detainees and the number of detainees who have been detained for a period of more than 150 days. (c) Not later than 7 days after each inspection is conducted pursuant to subsection (a)-- (1) the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General or U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Office of Detention Oversight, as appropriate, shall submit a detailed summary of the findings of the inspection to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives; and (2) such Office of Inspector General shall submit to the Attorney General a recommendation on whether the Attorney General should pursue charges for wrongdoing by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and agents or other Federal employees at the facility or who responded to protests. (d) Not later than 7 days after both summaries have been submitted to Congress pursuant to subsection (c), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall-- (1) submit the certification described in subsection (e)(2) to the congressional committees referred to in subsection (c); or (2) submit a report to such congressional committees that identifies any operational deficiencies revealed in the inspections that have not yet been adequately remedied. (e)(1) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall suspend all payments to the GEO Group with respect to its contract to operate the Delaney Hall Detention Facility in Newark, New Jersey, and halt the intake of new detainees at such facility until the inspections required under subsection (a) have been completed and the certification described in paragraph (2) has been submitted to Congress. (2) Payments to the GEO Group may not resume and new detainees may not be admitted to the Delaney Hall Detention Facility until after the Secretary of Homeland Security certifies to the congressional committees referred to in subsection (c) that all operational deficiencies revealed by the inspections have been adequately remediated by the GEO Group. ______