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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1 |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 218 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To authorize State enforcement of immigration laws, and for other purposes. |
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| 6 | 6 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 7 | 7 | | JANUARY7, 2025 |
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| 8 | 8 | | Mr. B |
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| 9 | 9 | | IGGSof Arizona (for himself, Ms. MACE, and Mrs. LUNA) introduced |
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| 10 | 10 | | the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 11 | 11 | | A BILL |
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| 12 | 12 | | To authorize State enforcement of immigration laws, and |
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| 13 | 13 | | for other purposes. |
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| 14 | 14 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 15 | 15 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘State Immigration En-4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | forcement Act’’. 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SEC. 2. STATE ENFORCEMENT OF IMMIGRATION LAWS. 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | States, or political subdivisions of States, may enact, 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | implement and enforce criminal penalties that penalize the 8 |
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| 22 | 22 | | same conduct that is prohibited in the criminal provisions 9 |
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| 23 | 23 | | of immigration laws (as defined in section 101(a)(17) of 10 |
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| 24 | 24 | | the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 11 |
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| 27 | 27 | | •HR 218 IH |
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| 28 | 28 | | 1101(a)(17))), as long as the criminal penalties do not ex-1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | ceed the relevant Federal criminal penalties (without re-2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | gard to ancillary issues such as the availability of proba-3 |
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| 31 | 31 | | tion or pardon). States, or political subdivisions of States, 4 |
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| 32 | 32 | | may enact, implement and enforce civil penalties that pe-5 |
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| 33 | 33 | | nalize the same conduct that is prohibited in the civil pro-6 |
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| 34 | 34 | | visions of immigration laws (as defined in such section 7 |
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| 35 | 35 | | 101(a)(17)), as long as the civil penalties do not exceed 8 |
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| 36 | 36 | | the relevant Federal civil penalties. 9 |
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| 37 | 37 | | SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENT. 10 |
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| 38 | 38 | | Section 274A(h) of the Immigration and Nationality 11 |
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| 39 | 39 | | Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(h)) is amended by striking para-12 |
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| 40 | 40 | | graph (2). 13 |
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