US Congress House Bill 2406 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on May 11 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-05-24 - Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 15 - 8.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Immigration and Customs Enforcement Authorization Act of 2017 This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to: (1) establish, by statute, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS); (2) establish within ICE the Offices of Homeland Security Investigations, Enforcement and Removal Operations, Principal Legal Advisor, Management and Administration, and Professional Responsibility; and (3) remove references to the Bureau of Border Security. DHS shall: (1) authorize all deportation officers who have successfully completed basic immigration law enforcement training to exercise specified powers to arrest or to execute warrants for administrative and criminal arrests, and to carry firearms; (2) increase the number of ICE detention enforcement officers, deportation officers, and prosecutors; and (3) establish a pilot program for in-field electronic processing of documents, placing detainers, and collecting biometric identification data. The bill establishes: (1) a Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement Office, and (2) an ICE Advisory Council.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement Authorization Act of 2017

Rep. Bob Goodlatte [R-VA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-05-24	House	Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 15 - 8.
2017-05-24	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2017-05-23	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2017-05-22	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
2017-05-19	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
2017-05-11	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Ways and Means, 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.
2017-05-11	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
2017-05-11	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Ways and Means, 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.
2017-05-11	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Ways and Means, 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.
2017-05-11	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Ways and Means, 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.
2017-05-11	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/2406/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr2406/BILLS-115hr2406ih.pdf