34 U.S.C. § 12110 — Payments to eligible States for incarceration of criminal aliens

(a) In general The Attorney General must make a payment to each state that is eligible under section 1252(j) of title 8, in the amount determined under that section, for any part not already paid to the state that fiscal year under that section. (b) Authorization of appropriations Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, from amounts authorized under section 12108 of this title, an amount which, when added to amounts appropriated to carry out section 1252(j) of title 8 for fiscal year 1996, equals $500,000,000, and which for each of fiscal years 1997 through 2000 does not exceed $650,000,000. (c) Administration The amounts appropriated to carry out this section are reserved from the total amount appropriated for each fiscal year, and are added to the other funds appropriated to carry out section 1252(j) of title 8 and administered under that section. (d) Report to Congress No later than May 15, 1999, the Attorney General must submit a report to Congress containing the Attorney General's recommendation on extending the program under this section.