3.0.0 45 2023-01-11T13:35:19Z 2023-01-11T13:35:19Z Senate S 2017-01-05 115 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-01-05T19:38:32Z Kate's Law 115 361 HR 2017-02-06 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. Related bill CRS 2017-01-05 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2017-01-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX N P000612 Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA] David Perdue R GA Alfred 2017-01-05 True G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2017-01-05 True J000293 Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] Ron Johnson R WI 2017-01-05 True R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2017-01-05 True I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK 2017-01-05 True S001197 Sen. Sasse, Ben [R-NE] Ben Sasse R NE 2017-01-05 True W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. 2017-01-05 True B001236 Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] John Boozman R AR 2017-01-05 True C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR 2017-01-05 True T000461 Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA] Patrick Toomey R PA J. 2017-01-09 False R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2017-01-09 False S001202 Sen. Strange, Luther [R-AL] Luther Strange R AL 2017-06-12 False R000605 Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] Mike Rounds R SD 2017-06-29 False H001041 Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] Dean Heller R NV 2017-07-10 False C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2017-12-14 False H001079 Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS] Cindy Hyde-Smith R MS 2018-07-23 False Immigration Border security and unlawful immigration Immigration status and procedures Immigration 00 2017-01-05 Introduced in Senate 2017-02-02T16:40:02Z Stop Illegal Reentry Act or Kate's Law

This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase from two years to five years the maximum prison term for an alien who re-enters after being excluded, denied admission, deported, or removed.

The bill establishes:

  • a 10-year maximum prison term for an alien who re-enters after being denied admission, excluded, deported, or removed on three or more prior occasions; and
  • a 5-year mandatory minimum prison term for an alien who re-enters after being removed following a conviction for an aggravated felony or following two or more prior convictions for illegal re-entry.
]]> Kate's Law Display Title Kate's Law Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase penalties for individuals who illegally reenter the United States after being removed and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Kate's Law Short Titles as Introduced Stop Illegal Reentry Act Introduced in Senate 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s45is/xml/BILLS-115s45is.xml 2017-01-05 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.