Minimum funding for the Office of Immigration Representation
Title III — Authorization of appropriations
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(a) In general The amount appropriated to the Office of Immigration Representation for each fiscal year shall be not less than the amount equal to the sum of the combined amount appropriated for Federal immigration enforcement and prosecution agencies and the Office, multiplied by the prosecution-defense ratio calculated pursuant to subsection (b). (b) Calculation of prosecution-Defense ratio (1) In general Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Office of Management and Budget shall calculate the prosecution-defense ratio, for purposes of subsection (a), by dividing the sum appropriated to the Office of Immigration Representation account for the most recently concluded fiscal year by the combined amount appropriated for such fiscal year for Federal immigration enforcement and prosecution agencies, including amounts appropriated for— (A) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; (B) U.S. Customs and Border Protection; and (C) the Office of Immigration Litigation of the Department of Justice. (2) Effect of shifting prosecutorial functions If the law enforcement or prosecutorial functions of the agencies or offices referred to in subparagraphs (A) through (C) of paragraph (1) on the date of the enactment of this Act are performed by different agencies or offices in a future fiscal year, the Office of Management and Budget shall use the amount appropriated for those functions in calculating the prosecution-defense ratio under paragraph (1).