| 4 | | - | AN ACT |
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| 6 | + | [Report No. 118–478] |
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| 7 | + | To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the detention |
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| 8 | + | of certain aliens who commit assault against law enforcement officers. |
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| 9 | + | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 10 | + | FEBRUARY13, 2024 |
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| 11 | + | Mr. V |
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| 12 | + | ANDREWintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 13 | + | Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 14 | + | A |
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| 15 | + | PRIL30, 2024 |
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| 16 | + | Additional sponsors: Mrs. H |
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| 17 | + | OUCHIN, Mrs. SPARTZ, Mr. ELLZEY, Mr. NEHLS, |
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| 18 | + | Mr. I |
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| 19 | + | SSA, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. LAWLER, Mr. OGLES, Ms. TENNEY, and Mr. |
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| 20 | + | S |
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| 21 | + | TAUBER |
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| 22 | + | A |
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| 23 | + | PRIL30, 2024 |
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| 24 | + | Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole |
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| 25 | + | House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed |
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| 26 | + | [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] |
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| 27 | + | [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 13, 2024] |
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| 31 | + | A BILL |
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| 9 | | - | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 2 |
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| 10 | | - | •HR 7343 EH |
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| 11 | | - | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 |
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| 12 | | - | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Detain and Deport 2 |
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| 13 | | - | Illegal Aliens Who Assault Cops Act’’. 3 |
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| 14 | | - | SEC. 2. DETENTION OF CERTAIN ALIENS WHO COMMIT AS-4 |
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| 15 | | - | SAULT AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFI-5 |
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| 16 | | - | CERS. 6 |
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| 17 | | - | Section 236(c) of the Immigration and Nationality 7 |
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| 18 | | - | Act (8 U.S.C. 1226(c)) is amended— 8 |
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| 19 | | - | (1) in paragraph (1)— 9 |
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| 20 | | - | (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 10 |
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| 21 | | - | (A), by striking ‘‘Attorney General’’ and insert-11 |
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| 22 | | - | ing ‘‘Secretary of Homeland Security’’; 12 |
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| 23 | | - | (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘, 13 |
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| 24 | | - | or’’ and inserting a comma; 14 |
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| 25 | | - | (C) in subparagraph (D), by adding ‘‘or’’ 15 |
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| 26 | | - | at the end; and 16 |
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| 27 | | - | (D) by inserting after subparagraph (D) 17 |
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| 28 | | - | the following: 18 |
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| 29 | | - | ‘‘(E)(i) is inadmissible under section 19 |
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| 30 | | - | 212(a)(6)(A) or (C) or under section 212(a)(7); 20 |
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| 31 | | - | and 21 |
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| 32 | | - | ‘‘(ii) is charged with, is arrested for, is 22 |
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| 33 | | - | convicted of, admits having committed, or ad-23 |
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| 34 | | - | mits committing acts which constitute the es-24 |
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| 35 | | - | sential elements of any offense involving assault 25 |
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| 36 | | - | of a law enforcement officer,’’; 26 3 |
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| 38 | | - | (2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para-1 |
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| 39 | | - | graph (4); and 2 |
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| 40 | | - | (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-3 |
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| 41 | | - | lowing: 4 |
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| 39 | + | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 40 | + | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 41 | + | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Detain and Deport Ille-4 |
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| 42 | + | gal Aliens Who Assault Cops Act’’. 5 |
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| 43 | + | SEC. 2. DETENTION OF CERTAIN ALIENS WHO COMMIT AS-6 |
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| 44 | + | SAULT AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFI-7 |
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| 45 | + | CERS. 8 |
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| 46 | + | Section 236(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 9 |
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| 47 | + | (8 U.S.C. 1226(c)) is amended— 10 |
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| 48 | + | (1) in paragraph (1)— 11 |
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| 49 | + | (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 12 |
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| 50 | + | (A), by striking ‘‘Attorney General’’ and insert-13 |
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| 51 | + | ing ‘‘Secretary of Homeland Security’’; 14 |
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| 52 | + | (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘, or’’ 15 |
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| 53 | + | and inserting a comma; 16 |
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| 54 | + | (C) in subparagraph (D), by adding ‘‘or’’ 17 |
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| 55 | + | at the end; and 18 |
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| 56 | + | (D) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the 19 |
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| 57 | + | following: 20 |
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| 58 | + | ‘‘(E)(i) is inadmissible under section 21 |
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| 59 | + | 212(a)(6)(A) or (C) or under section 212(a)(7); 22 |
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| 60 | + | and 23 |
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| 61 | + | ‘‘(ii) is charged with, is arrested for, is con-24 |
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| 62 | + | victed of, admits having committed, or admits 25 |
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| 66 | + | committing acts which constitute the essential 1 |
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| 67 | + | elements of any offense involving assault of a law 2 |
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| 68 | + | enforcement officer,’’; 3 |
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| 69 | + | (2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para-4 |
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| 70 | + | graph (4); and 5 |
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| 71 | + | (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-6 |
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| 72 | + | lowing: 7 |
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| 45 | | - | N GENERAL.—The circumstances re-6 |
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| 46 | | - | ferred to in paragraph (1)(E) are that the law 7 |
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| 47 | | - | enforcement officer was assaulted— 8 |
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| 48 | | - | ‘‘(i) while he or she was engaged in 9 |
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| 49 | | - | the performance of his or her official du-10 |
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| 50 | | - | ties; 11 |
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| 51 | | - | ‘‘(ii) because of the performance of his 12 |
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| 52 | | - | or her official duties; or 13 |
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| 53 | | - | ‘‘(iii) because of his or her status as 14 |
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| 54 | | - | a law enforcement officer. 15 |
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| 76 | + | N GENERAL.—The circumstances re-9 |
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| 77 | + | ferred to in paragraph (1)(E) are that the law 10 |
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| 78 | + | enforcement officer was assaulted— 11 |
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| 79 | + | ‘‘(i) while he or she was engaged in the 12 |
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| 80 | + | performance of his or her official duties; 13 |
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| 81 | + | ‘‘(ii) because of the performance of his 14 |
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| 82 | + | or her official duties; or 15 |
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| 83 | + | ‘‘(iii) because of his or her status as a 16 |
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| 84 | + | law enforcement officer. 17 |
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| 56 | | - | EFINITIONS.—For purposes of 16 |
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| 57 | | - | paragraph (1)(E)— 17 |
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| 58 | | - | ‘‘(i) the term ‘assault’ has the mean-18 |
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| 59 | | - | ing given that term in the jurisdiction 19 |
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| 60 | | - | where the acts occurred; and 20 |
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| 61 | | - | ‘‘(ii) the term ‘law enforcement offi-21 |
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| 62 | | - | cer’ is a person authorized by law— 22 |
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| 63 | | - | ‘‘(I) to engage in or supervise the 23 |
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| 64 | | - | prevention, detention, investigation, or 24 |
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| 65 | | - | prosecution, or the incarceration of 25 4 |
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| 67 | | - | any person for any criminal violation 1 |
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| 68 | | - | of law; 2 |
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| 69 | | - | ‘‘(II) to apprehend, arrest, or 3 |
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| 70 | | - | prosecute an individual for any crimi-4 |
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| 71 | | - | nal violation of law; 5 |
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| 72 | | - | ‘‘(III) to be a firefighter or other 6 |
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| 73 | | - | first responder; or 7 |
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| 74 | | - | ‘‘(IV) to be a campus police offi-8 |
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| 75 | | - | cer or a school resource officer. 9 |
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| 86 | + | EFINITIONS.—For purposes of para-18 |
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| 87 | + | graph (1)(E)— 19 |
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| 88 | + | ‘‘(i) the term ‘assault’ has the meaning 20 |
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| 89 | + | given that term in the jurisdiction where 21 |
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| 90 | + | the acts occurred; and 22 |
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| 91 | + | ‘‘(ii) the term ‘law enforcement officer’ 23 |
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| 92 | + | is a person authorized by law— 24 |
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| 96 | + | ‘‘(I) to engage in or supervise the 1 |
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| 97 | + | prevention, detention, investigation, or 2 |
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| 98 | + | prosecution, or the incarceration of 3 |
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| 99 | + | any person for any criminal violation 4 |
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| 100 | + | of law; 5 |
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| 101 | + | ‘‘(II) to apprehend, arrest, or 6 |
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| 102 | + | prosecute an individual for any crimi-7 |
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| 103 | + | nal violation of law; or 8 |
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| 104 | + | ‘‘(III) to be a firefighter or other 9 |
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| 105 | + | first responder. 10 |
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| 77 | | - | ETAINER.—The Secretary of Homeland 10 |
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| 78 | | - | Security shall issue a detainer for an alien described 11 |
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| 79 | | - | in paragraph (1)(E) and, if the alien is not other-12 |
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| 80 | | - | wise detained by Federal, State, or local officials, 13 |
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| 81 | | - | shall effectively and expeditiously take custody of the 14 |
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| 82 | | - | alien. 15 |
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| 83 | | - | ‘‘(4) A |
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| 84 | | - | NNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF 16 |
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| 85 | | - | HOMELAND SECURITY .—The Secretary of Homeland 17 |
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| 86 | | - | Security shall on an annual basis report to the Com-18 |
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| 87 | | - | mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Com-19 |
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| 88 | | - | mittee on the Judiciary of the House of Representa-20 |
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| 89 | | - | tives the number of aliens described in paragraph 21 |
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| 90 | | - | (1)(E) who were detained in the custody of the De-22 |
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| 91 | | - | partment of Homeland Security in the preceding 23 |
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| 92 | | - | year pursuant to such section.’’. 24 5 |
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| 94 | | - | SEC. 3. GAO STUDY. 1 |
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| 95 | | - | Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 2 |
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| 96 | | - | of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 3 |
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| 97 | | - | shall complete a study and submit a report to Congress 4 |
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| 98 | | - | on the number of aliens present in the United States who 5 |
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| 99 | | - | are inadmissible under section 212(a)(6)(A) or (C) or 6 |
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| 100 | | - | under section 212(a)(7) of the Immigration and Nation-7 |
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| 101 | | - | ality Act who were detained, during the 5 year period pre-8 |
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| 102 | | - | ceding the date of the report, for committing an assault 9 |
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| 103 | | - | against a law enforcement officer. 10 |
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| 104 | | - | Passed the House of Representatives May 15, 2024. |
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| 105 | | - | Attest: |
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| 106 | | - | Clerk. 118 |
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| 107 | + | ETAINER.—The Secretary of Homeland 11 |
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| 108 | + | Security shall issue a detainer for an alien described 12 |
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| 109 | + | in paragraph (1)(E) and, if the alien is not otherwise 13 |
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| 110 | + | detained by Federal, State, or local officials, shall ef-14 |
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| 111 | + | fectively and expeditiously take custody of the alien.’’. 15 |
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