US Congress House Bill 844 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 16)
Status: Introduced on February 3 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-02 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Terrorist Deportation Act of 2017 This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to make an alien, other than a lawful permanent resident, who is identified in the terrorist screening database inadmissible or deportable on terrorist grounds. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with the unanimous concurrence of the Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Director of National Intelligence, and the Department of State, may grant an individual a national security waiver to enter the United States temporarily as a nonimmigrant. An identified alien shall be ineligible for asylum, withholding or cancellation of removal, voluntary departure, adjustment of status, or acquisition of legal permanent residency through the registry provisions. DHS shall revise specified regulations implementing the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment to: (1) exclude identified aliens from the protection of such regulations, and (2) make such aliens ineligible for withholding or deferral of removal under INA. The bill provides that, with respect to an alien who has not been granted a waiver under this bill and who either is not lawfully admitted for permanent residence or has been granted conditional resident status: (1) DHS shall determine inadmissibility or deportability and issue an order of removal for an identified alien; and (2) in the case of an alien not issued an order of removal, DHS may determine inadmissibility or deportability and issue an order of removal based upon terrorist activity. Such expedited proceedings shall include specified protections for the alien in removal.

Terrorist Deportation Act of 2017

Rep. Jeff Duncan [R-SC]	Rep. Lou Barletta [R-PA]	Rep. Doug LaMalfa [R-CA]	Rep. Lee Zeldin [R-NY]
Rep. Paul Gosar [R-AZ]	Rep. Steve King [R-IA]	Rep. Tom McClintock [R-CA]	Rep. Brian Babin [R-TX]
Rep. Dave Brat [R-VA]	Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer [R-MO]	Rep. Joe Wilson [R-SC]	Rep. Ralph Abraham [R-LA]
Rep. Gary Palmer [R-AL]	Rep. Earl Carter [R-GA]	Rep. Michael McCaul [R-TX]	Rep. Ralph Norman [R-SC]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-02	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
2017-02-03	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2017-02-03	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/844/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr844/BILLS-115hr844ih.pdf