Mr. Chairman. if the gentleman will continue to yield. as I read the gentlemans amendment. the new moneys that come. that are tied to the TruthInSentencing Act. only go to the States. But what this does clarify is that notwithstanding the Justice Department position. the Beilenson bill and the clarifications offered by this amendment to that make it clear that county jails that are housing undocumented criminal aliens who are convicted of felonies. and Los Angeles. it is $34 million a year. are eligible to claim that money. So this improves. this gives them a crack at what they were not able to get this past year.
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