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Proposed Federal House Legislation HB2431

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This legislation prohibits illegal aliens from possessing or selling firearms with additional penalties.

Legislation Overview

Title: Michael Davis, Jr. and Danny Oliver in Honor of State and Local Law Enforcement Act

Subject: Administrative remedies: Advisory bodies: Border security and unlawful immigration: Citizenship and naturalization: Civil actions and liability: Computer security and identity theft: Congressional oversight: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation: Criminal justice information and records: Department of Homeland Security: Detention of persons: Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad: Drug trafficking and controlled substances: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use: Firearms and explosives: Foreign labor: Fraud offenses and financial crimes: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management: Government information and archives: Government studies and investigations: Human rights: Human trafficking: Immigration status and procedures: Juvenile crime and gang violence: Law enforcement administration and funding: Law enforcement officers: Motor vehicles: Refugees, asylum, displaced persons: Sanctions: Sex offenses: State and local government operations: Tax administration and collection, taxpayers: Terrorism: Transportation safety and security: Violent crime: Visas and passports: War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity: Immigration

Description: Michael Davis, Jr. and Danny Oliver in Honor of State and Local Law Enforcement Act This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act and related federal law with respect to immigration law enforcement within the United States. The bill authorizes: (1) states and localities to enact and enforce criminal penalties for immigration violations; and (2) state and local law enforcement personnel to investigate, arrest, and transfer aliens to federal custody. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shall: (1) make grants to states and localities for equipment, technology, and facilities; (2) construct or acquire additional domestic detention facilities for aliens pending removal; and (3) expand to all states a program that provides for the identification and removal of detained criminal aliens. The bill provides for: (1) federal custody of inadmissible or deportable aliens upon state or local request, and (2) personal liability immunity for state or local personnel enforcing immigration laws. States and localities shall: (1) notify the federal government of inadmissible or removable aliens encountered by law enforcement personnel, and (2) comply with federal law enforcement information requests. Specified federal assistance is denied to a state or locality that prohibits cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. The bill: (1) revises certain terrorism-related requirements and prohibitions with respect to benefits, naturalization and denaturalization, asylum, voluntary departure, and removal; (2) adds new grounds of inadmissibility and deportability; (3) establishes probable cause standards for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainers; (4) provides for increases in immigration enforcement personnel; (5) prescribes visa security provisions; (6) authorizes DHS to designate groups as criminal gangs and makes alien gang members inadmissible or deportable; (7) establishes an ICE Advisory Council; and (8) prescribes criminal alien removal provisions.

Session: 115th Congress

Last Action: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 19 - 13.

Last Action Date: May 24, 2017

Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/2431/all-info

Sponsors

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43 sponsors: Raul Labrador (R); Bob Goodlatte (R); Doug Collins (R); Lamar Smith (R); John Carter (R); Ted Poe (R); Pete Sessions (R); James Sensenbrenner (R); Matt Gaetz (R); Jeff Duncan (R); Dave Brat (R); Jody Arrington (R); Jody Hice (R); John Ratcliffe (R); Rick Allen (R); Lou Barletta (R); Mo Brooks (R); Evan Jenkins (R); Tom McClintock (R); Earl Carter (R); Kristi Noem (R); Drew Ferguson (R); Kenny Marchant (R); Ken Calvert (R); Michael McCaul (R); Mark Meadows (R); Scott DesJarlais (R); Lee Zeldin (R); Jim Banks (R); Garland Barr (R); Blake Farenthold (R); Andy Biggs (R); Mike Johnson (R); Steve Chabot (R); Ken Buck (R); Jim Jordan (R); Larry Bucshon (R); Alexander Mooney (R); Scott Perry (R); Todd Rokita (R); Sam Graves (R); George Holding (R); Ralph Norman (R)

History
Chamber Date Action
House May 24 2017 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
House May 24 2017 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 19 - 13.
House May 23 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
House May 23 2017 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
House May 16 2017 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
House May 16 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
House May 16 2017 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
House May 16 2017 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
House May 16 2017 Introduced in House
House May 16 2017 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Texts
Type Date Federal Link Text
Introduced May 19 2017 federal bill text bill text
Amendments
Title Description Date State Link Text Adopted
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