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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 134 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the detention, |
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| 6 | 6 | | inadmissibility, and removal of aliens who commit sexual assault. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY3, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. B |
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| 10 | 10 | | UCHANAN(for himself, Mr. ISSA, Mr. STAUBER, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. |
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| 11 | 11 | | B |
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| 12 | 12 | | OST, Mr. WEBERof Texas, and Mr. EDWARDS) introduced the following |
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| 13 | 13 | | bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide |
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| 16 | 16 | | for the detention, inadmissibility, and removal of aliens |
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| 17 | 17 | | who commit sexual assault. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting our Com-4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | munities from Sexual Predators Act’’. 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEC. 2. DETENTION OF CERTAIN ALIENS WHO COMMIT SEX-6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | UAL ASSAULT. 7 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Section 236(c)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality 8 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Act (8 U.S.C. 1226(c)(1)) is amended— 9 |
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| 29 | 29 | | •HR 134 IH |
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| 30 | 30 | | (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘, or’’ and 1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | inserting a comma; 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (2) in subparagraph (D), by adding ‘‘or’’ at the 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | end; and 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (3) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the fol-5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | lowing: 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ‘‘(E)(i) is inadmissible under section 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | 212(a)(6)(A) or (C) or under section 212(a)(7); 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | and 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | ‘‘(ii) is charged with, arrested for, con-10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | victed of, admits having committed, or admits 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | committing acts which constitute the essential 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | elements of, any offense involving sexual assault 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (as such term is defined in section 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | 214(d)(3)(A)),’’. 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | SEC. 3. INADMISSILIBITY AND DEPORTABILITY RELATED 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | TO SEXUAL ASSAULT. 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (a) I |
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| 48 | 48 | | NADMISSIBILITY.— Section 212(a)(2) of the Im-18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)) is 19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | amended by adding at the end the following: 20 |
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| 51 | 51 | | ‘‘(J) S |
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| 52 | 52 | | EXUAL ASSAULT.—Any alien who 21 |
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| 53 | 53 | | has been convicted of, who admits having com-22 |
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| 54 | 54 | | mitted, or who admits committing acts which 23 |
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| 55 | 55 | | constitute the essential elements of, any offense 24 |
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| 58 | 58 | | •HR 134 IH |
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| 59 | 59 | | involving sexual assault (as such term is defined 1 |
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| 60 | 60 | | in section 214(d)(3)(A)), is inadmissible.’’. 2 |
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| 61 | 61 | | (b) D |
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| 62 | 62 | | EPORTABILITY.—Section 237(a)(2) of the Im-3 |
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| 63 | 63 | | migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)) is 4 |
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| 64 | 64 | | amended by adding at the end the following: 5 |
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| 65 | 65 | | ‘‘(G) S |
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| 66 | 66 | | EXUAL ASSAULT.—Any alien who 6 |
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| 67 | 67 | | has been convicted of, who admits having com-7 |
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| 68 | 68 | | mitted, or who admits committing acts which 8 |
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| 69 | 69 | | constitute the essential elements of, any offense 9 |
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| 70 | 70 | | involving sexual assault (as such term is defined 10 |
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| 71 | 71 | | in section 214(d)(3)(A)), is deportable.’’. 11 |
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