POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THE COMMISSIONER.

SEC. 373. POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THE COMMISSIONER. Section 103 (8 U.S.C. 1103) is amended— (1) by adding at the end of subsection (a) the following new paragraph: “(9) The Attorney General, in support of persons in administrative detention in non-Federal institutions, is authorized— “(A) to make payments from funds appropriated for the administration and enforcement of the laws relating to immigration, naturalization, and alien registration for necessary clothing, medical care, necessary guard hire, and the housing, care, and security of persons detained by the Service pursuant to Federal law under an agreement with a State or political subdivision of a State; and “(B) to enter into a cooperative agreement with any State, territory, or political subdivision thereof, for the necessary construction, physical renovation, acquisition of equipment, supplies or materials required to establish acceptable conditions of confinement and detention services in any State or unit of local government which agrees to provide guaranteed bed space for persons detained by the Service.”; and (2) by adding at the end of subsection (c), as redesignated by section 102(d)( 1) of this division, the following: “The Commissioner may enter into cooperative agreements with State and local law enforcement agencies for the purpose of assisting in the enforcement of the immigration laws.”.