3.0.0 1842 2023-01-11T13:30:04Z 2023-01-11T13:30:04Z Senate S 2015-07-22 114 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-07-22T23:34:18Z Protecting American Lives Act 114 3437 HR 2015-09-28 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. Identical bill CRS Illegal Alien Capture Notification Act 114 5825 HR 2016-08-11 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. Related bill CRS Detain and Deport Act 114 5826 HR 2016-08-11 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. Related bill CRS 2015-07-22 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2015-07-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001141 Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL] Jeff Sessions R AL N J000293 Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] Ron Johnson R WI 2015-07-22 True C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR 2015-07-22 True I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK 2015-07-22 True C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX 2015-07-22 True B001236 Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] John Boozman R AR 2015-07-27 False S001184 Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] Tim Scott R SC 2015-07-28 False P000612 Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA] David Perdue R GA Alfred 2015-07-28 False W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. 2015-08-05 False C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2015-09-08 False Immigration Border security and unlawful immigration Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Criminal justice information and records Criminal procedure and sentencing Detention of persons Government liability Immigration status and procedures Intergovernmental relations Law enforcement administration and funding Law enforcement officers State and local government operations Immigration 00 2015-07-22 Introduced in Senate 2015-09-04T20:47:24Z 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 Display Title Protecting American Lives Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to ensure State and local compliance with all Federal immigration detainers on aliens in custody and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Protecting American Lives Act Introduced in Senate 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1842is/xml/BILLS-114s1842is.xml 2015-07-22 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.