US Congress House Bill 3437 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 23-0)
Status: Introduced on July 31 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-09-28 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Protecting American Lives Act This bill amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to declare that a person or agency shall not prohibit or restrict a federal, state, or local government entity from undertaking any of the following law enforcement activities (current law refers to information activities) regarding an individual's immigration status: notifying the federal government regarding the presence of inadmissible and deportable aliens who are encountered by law enforcement personnel of a state or political subdivision of a state (political subdivision), or complying with federal law enforcement information requests. A federal, state, or local government entity or official shall not issue ordinances, administrative actions, general or special orders, or departmental policies that violate federal law or restrict a state or political subdivision from complying with federal law or coordinating with federal law enforcement. A state or political subdivision that has in effect a statute, policy, or practice that prohibits state or local law enforcement officers from assisting or cooperating with federal immigration law enforcement in the course of carrying out the officers' routine law enforcement duties shall not be eligible to receive: (1) funds for the incarceration of undocumented criminal aliens or for the Cops on the Beat program, or (2) any other law enforcement or Department of Homeland Security (DHS) grant. States or political subdivisions not in compliance shall: (1) be ineligible to receive such assistance for at least one year, and (2) become eligible for such assistance only after DHS certifies that the jurisdiction is in compliance. Withheld funds shall be reallocated to complying states or political subdivisions. States and political subdivisions shall provide DHS with identifying information regarding each incarcerated alien who is believed to be inadmissible or deportable. Nothing in this Act shall require state or local law enforcement officials to: (1) provide DHS with information related to a victim of a crime or witness to a criminal offense, or (2) otherwise report or arrest such a victim or witness. A state or a political subdivision acting in compliance with a DHS detainer that temporarily holds aliens in its custody so that they may be taken into federal custody, or transports the aliens for transfer to federal custody, shall be considered to be acting under color of federal authority for purposes of determining its liability, and immunity from suit in civil actions brought by the aliens under federal or state law. It is the sense of Congress that DHS has probable cause to believe that an alien is inadmissible or deportable when it issues a detainer regarding the alien under the standards in place on the date of introduction of this Act. The Immigration and Nationality Act is amended to increase mandatory minimum sentences for the illegal re-entry of an alien who: (1) was previously denied admission, excluded, deported, or removed; or (2) was removed for certain criminal convictions or excluded for security-related grounds.

Protecting American Lives Act

Rep. Pete Sessions [R-TX]	Rep. Paul Gosar [R-AZ]	Rep. Mo Brooks [R-AL]	Rep. Brian Babin [R-TX]
Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX]	Rep. Kenny Marchant [R-TX]	Rep. Joe Barton [R-TX]	Rep. Bill Flores [R-TX]
Rep. Lamar Smith [R-TX]	Rep. Blake Farenthold [R-TX]	Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]	Rep. John Culberson [R-TX]
Rep. Randy Weber [R-TX]	Rep. Lynn Westmoreland [R-GA]	Rep. Rob Bishop [R-UT]	Rep. Steven Palazzo [R-MS]
Rep. Jeff Duncan [R-SC]	Rep. Doug Collins [R-GA]	Rep. Jeb Hensarling [R-TX]	Rep. Mike D. Rogers [R-AL]
Rep. Earl Carter [R-GA]	Rep. Tom McClintock [R-CA]	Rep. Dave Brat [R-VA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-09-28	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
2015-07-31	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2015-07-31	House	Introduced in House

SB1842 (Same As) 2015-07-22 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3437/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr3437/BILLS-114hr3437ih.pdf