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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2436 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to expand penalties for |
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| 6 | 6 | | illegal entry and presence. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | MARCH30, 2023 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. M |
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| 10 | 10 | | ORAN(for himself, Mr. ISSA, Mr. GOODENof Texas, Mr. MOOREof Ala- |
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| 11 | 11 | | bama, Ms. H |
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| 12 | 12 | | AGEMAN, Mrs. MILLERof Illinois, Mr. SELF, and Mr. |
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| 13 | 13 | | B |
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| 14 | 14 | | IGGS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee |
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| 15 | 15 | | on the Judiciary |
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| 16 | 16 | | A BILL |
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| 17 | 17 | | To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to expand |
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| 18 | 18 | | penalties for illegal entry and presence. |
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| 19 | 19 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 20 | 20 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Visa Overstays Pen-4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | alties Act’’. 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | SEC. 2. EXPANDED PENALTIES FOR ILLEGAL ENTRY OR 6 |
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| 25 | 25 | | PRESENCE. 7 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Section 275 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 8 |
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| 27 | 27 | | (8 U.S.C. 1325) is amended— 9 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (1) in subsection (a) by inserting after ‘‘for a 1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | subsequent commission of any such offense’’ the fol-2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | lowing: ‘‘or if the alien was previously convicted of 3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | an offense under subsection (e)(1)’’; 4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (2) in subsection (b)— 5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘at least 6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | $50 and not more than $250’’ and inserting ‘‘at 7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | least $500 and not more than $1,000’’; and 8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting after 9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | ‘‘in the case of an alien who has been previously 10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | subject to a civil penalty under this subsection’’ 11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | the following: ‘‘or subsection (e)(2)’’; and 12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (3) by adding at the end the following: 13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | ‘‘(e) V |
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| 45 | 45 | | ISAOVERSTAYS.—Any alien who was admitted 14 |
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| 46 | 46 | | as a nonimmigrant and who has failed to maintain the 15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | nonimmigrant status in which the alien was admitted or 16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | to which it was changed under section 248, or to comply 17 |
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| 49 | 49 | | with the conditions of any such status, for an aggregate 18 |
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| 50 | 50 | | of 10 days, has violated this subsection. An alien who has 19 |
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| 51 | 51 | | violated this subsection— 20 |
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| 52 | 52 | | ‘‘(1) shall— 21 |
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| 53 | 53 | | ‘‘(A) for the first commission of such a vio-22 |
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| 54 | 54 | | lation, be fined under title 18, United States 23 |
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| 55 | 55 | | Code, or imprisoned not more than 6 months, 24 |
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| 56 | 56 | | or both; and 25 |
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| 60 | 60 | | ‘‘(B) for a subsequent commission of such 1 |
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| 61 | 61 | | a violation or if the alien was previously con-2 |
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| 62 | 62 | | victed of an offense under subsection (a), be 3 |
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| 63 | 63 | | fined under such title 18, or imprisoned not 4 |
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| 64 | 64 | | more than 2 years, or both; and 5 |
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| 65 | 65 | | ‘‘(2) in addition to, and not in lieu of, any pen-6 |
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| 66 | 66 | | alty under paragraph (1) and any other criminal or 7 |
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| 67 | 67 | | civil penalties that may be imposed, shall be subject 8 |
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| 68 | 68 | | to a civil penalty of— 9 |
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| 69 | 69 | | ‘‘(A) at least $500 and not more than 10 |
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| 70 | 70 | | $1,000 for each violation; or 11 |
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| 71 | 71 | | ‘‘(B) twice the amount specified in sub-12 |
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| 72 | 72 | | paragraph (A) in the case of an alien who has 13 |
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| 73 | 73 | | been previously subject to a civil penalty under 14 |
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| 74 | 74 | | this subsection or subsection (b).’’. 15 |
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