3.0.0 2463 2023-01-11T13:15:25Z 2023-01-11T13:15:25Z Senate S S 2007-12-13 110 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-12-13T15:54:53Z Alien Smuggling and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 110 2399 HR 2008-04-28 For Further Action See H.R.2830. Related bill CRS 2007-12-13 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2007-12-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001233 Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN] EVAN BAYH D IN N G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2007-12-13 True Immigration Administrative procedure Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Civil actions and liability Clergy Conspiracy Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal justice information Emergency Management Emergency medicine Government Operations and Politics Health Homicide Identification of criminals Illegal aliens International Affairs Jurisdiction Kidnapping Law Marine transportation Missionaries Obstruction of justice Rape Religion Rescue work Searches and seizures Sentencing guidelines Sex crimes Slavery Smuggling Social Welfare Terrorism Transportation and Public Works U.S. Sentencing Commission Volunteer workers Women Immigration 00 2007-12-13 Introduced in Senate 2008-03-25T15:44:15Z Alien Smuggling and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to check against all available terrorist watchlists those alien smugglers and smuggled individuals who are interdicted at U.S. land, air, and sea borders.

Revises alien smuggling and related criminal offense and penalty provisions. Provides extraterritorial jurisdiction over such offenses.

Limits a defense of necessity for knowingly bringing an illegal alien into the United States from the high seas.

Exempts from certain of such violations (transporting or harboring in the United States) a bona fide nonprofit, religious organization in the United States (or its agents or officers) that encourages, invites, or enables an alien who is present in the United States to serve as a volunteer minister or missionary for such organization in the United States, provided the minister or missionary has been a member of the denomination for at least one year.

Directs the United States Sentencing Commission to review and amend as appropriate sentencing guidelines and policy statements applicable to persons convicted of alien smuggling offenses and criminal failure to heave to or obstruction of boarding.

]]> Alien Smuggling and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 Display Title Alien Smuggling and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Alien Smuggling and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act and title 18, United States Code, to combat the crime of alien smuggling and related activities, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2007-12-13T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2463is/xml/BILLS-110s2463is.xml 2007-12-13 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.