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Union Calendar No. 366
118THCONGRESS
2
DSESSION H. R. 661
[Report No. 118–442]
To require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to take into custody
certain aliens who have been charged in the United States with a crime
that resulted in the death or serious bodily injury of another person,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY31, 2023
Mr. F
EENSTRA(for himself, Mr. BUCK, Mr. DONALDS, Ms. SALAZAR, Mr.
J
OHNSONof Ohio, Mrs. HINSON, Mr. BABIN, Mr. HIGGINSof Louisiana,
Mrs. M
ILLER-MEEKS, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. SMITHof New Jersey, Mr. LAM-
BORN, Mr. BACON, Mr. POSEY, Mrs. LESKO, Mr. OBERNOLTE, Mr.
B
OST, Mr. MOOREof Alabama, Mr. RUTHERFORD, Mr. NORMAN, Mr.
F
INSTAD, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. JOHNSONof Louisiana, Mr. BURCHETT,
Mr. O
GLES, Mr. WEBERof Texas, Mr. SCOTTFRANKLINof Florida, Mr.
C
LINE, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. HUDSON, Mr.
G
ARBARINO, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. FRY, Mr. MIKEGARCIAof California,
Mr. W
ALBERG, and Mr. STEUBE) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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Additional sponsors: Mr. N
UNNof Iowa, Mr. LOUDERMILK, Mr. TIMMONS,
Mr. G
ROTHMAN, Mr. CISCOMANI, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr.
G
OODENof Texas, Mrs. MILLERof Illinois, Mr. ESTES, Mr. DUNNof
Florida, Mr. W
ILLIAMSof Texas, Mr. CARTERof Texas, Mr. TONY
G
ONZALESof Texas, Mr. NEHLS, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. PFLUGER, Mrs.
H
OUCHIN, Mr. ROSENDALE, and Mrs. SPARTZ
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Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
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[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 31, 2023]
A BILL
To require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to
take into custody certain aliens who have been charged
in the United States with a crime that resulted in the
death or serious bodily injury of another person, and
for other purposes.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as ‘‘Sarah’s Law’’. 4
SEC. 2. MANDATORY DETENTION OF CERTAIN ALIENS 5
CHARGED WITH A CRIME RESULTING IN 6
DEATH OR SERIOUS BODILY INJURY. 7
Section 236(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 8
(8 U.S.C. 1226(c)) is amended— 9
(1) in paragraph (1)— 10
(A) in subparagraph (C)— 11
(i) by striking ‘‘sentence’’ and insert-12
ing ‘‘sentenced’’; and 13
(ii) by striking ‘‘or’’; 14
(B) in subparagraph (D), by striking the 15
comma at the end and inserting ‘‘, or’’; and 16
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the 17
following: 18
‘‘(E)(i)(I) is inadmissible under paragraph 19
(6)(A), (6)(C), or (7) of section 212(a), 20
‘‘(II) is deportable under section 21
237(a)(1)(B) as an alien whose nonimmigrant 22
visa (or other documentation authorizing admis-23
sion into the United States as a nonimmigrant) 24
has been revoked under section 221(i), or 25
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‘‘(III) is deportable under section 1
237(a)(1)(C)(i), and 2
‘‘(ii) is charged with, is arrested for, is con-3
victed of, admits having committed, or admits 4
committing acts which constitute the essential 5
elements of any offense that resulted in the death 6
or serious bodily injury (as defined in section 7
1365(h)(3) of title 18, United States Code) of an-8
other person,’’; and 9
(2) by adding at the end the following: 10
‘‘(3) N
OTIFICATION REQUIREMENT .—Upon en-11
countering or gaining knowledge of an alien described 12
in paragraph (1), the Secretary of Homeland Secu-13
rity shall— 14
‘‘(A) obtain information from law enforce-15
ment agencies and from other available sources 16
regarding the identity of any victims of the 17
crimes for which such alien was charged, ar-18
rested, or convicted; and 19
‘‘(B) provide the victim or, if the victim is 20
deceased, a parent, guardian, spouse, or closest 21
living relative of such victim, with information, 22
on a timely and ongoing basis, including— 23
‘‘(i) the alien’s full name, aliases, date 24
of birth, and country of nationality; 25
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‘‘(ii) the alien’s immigration status 1
and criminal history; 2
‘‘(iii) the alien’s custody status and 3
any changes related to the alien’s custody; 4
and 5
‘‘(iv) a description of any efforts by the 6
United States Government to remove the 7
alien from the United States. 8
‘‘(4) D
ETAINER.—The Secretary of Homeland 9
Security shall issue a detainer for an alien described 10
in paragraph (1)(E) and, if the alien is not otherwise 11
detained by Federal, State, or local officials, shall ef-12
fectively and expeditiously take custody of the alien.’’. 13
SEC. 3. SAVINGS PROVISION. 14
Nothing in this Act, or the amendments made by this 15
Act, may be construed to limit the rights of crime victims 16
under any other provision of law, including section 3771 17
of title 18, United States Code. 18
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ESSION
H. R. 661
[Report No. 118–442]
A BILL
To require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce-
ment to take into custody certain aliens who have
been charged in the United States with a crime
that resulted in the death or serious bodily injury
of another person, and for other purposes.
A
PRIL
5, 2024
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,
and ordered to be printed
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