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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 3882

Introduced

RIPPLE Act of 2025

Sponsor
RLaurel M. Lee· Florida
Introduced
June 10, 2025
Policy area
Immigration
Latest action
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.June 10, 2025
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3882 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3882

To permit limited reimbursements for the cost of salaries and overtime 
pay for employees of States performing the functions of immigration 
officers, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

June 10, 2025

Ms. Lee of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on the Judiciary

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

To permit limited reimbursements for the cost of salaries and overtime 
pay for employees of States performing the functions of immigration 
officers, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLES.

This Act may be cited as the ``Reimbursements for Immigration 
Partnerships with Police to allow Local Enforcement Act of 2025'' or 
the ``RIPPLE Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. REIMBURSEMENTS TO STATES AND LOCALITIES FOR PERFORMANCE OF 
IMMIGRATION FUNCTIONS.

Section 287(g)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1357(g)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``The 
Attorney General may reimburse a State or a political subdivision for 
costs incurred by the State or political subdivision for wages (as 
defined in section 3121(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986), 
including the renumeration of overtime compensation (as defined in 
section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 207)), or 
salary to an officer or employee of such State or political subdivision 
for the performance of a function under an agreement under this 
subsection.''.
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