Bill > HR4597

This bill, titled the ICE Agent Support Act of 2016, directs the Department of the Treasury to reimburse the Immigration Enforcement Account for expenses incurred by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) related to immigration enforcement. These expenses include the identification, investigation, apprehension, detention, and removal of individuals who have violated immigration laws, ensuring adequate staffing levels within the Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) division of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and maintaining and updating systems used by ERO to track various categories of aliens such as criminal aliens, deportable aliens, inadmissible aliens, and those who have illegally entered the United States. The bill also covers the purchase of necessary equipment like firearms and vehicles for ERO. Additionally, DHS is required to determine the percentage of positions within ERO that will be designated as criminal investigator positions, adhering to specific standards for such roles focused on enforcing criminal provisions of immigration law.