3.0.0 50 2026-08-10T11:51:27Z 2026-08-10T11:51:27Z Senate S S 2025-01-09 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/50 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2025-01-09T19:50:01Z Transnational Criminal Organization Illicit Spotter Prevention and Elimination Act 119 263 HR 2025-01-09 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS 2025-01-09 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2025-01-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress E000295 Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] Joni Ernst R IA N B001261 Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] John Barrasso R WY 2025-01-16 False L000575 Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] James Lankford R OK 2025-01-16 False B001305 Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC] Ted Budd R NC 2025-01-16 False S001227 Sen. Schmitt, Eric [R-MO] Eric Schmitt R MO S. 2025-01-22 False Immigration Immigration 2025-02-12T17:34:40Z 00 2025-01-09 Introduced in Senate 2025-03-14T20:21:50Z Transnational Criminal Organization Illicit Spotter Prevention and Elimination Act

This bill provides for criminal penalties for certain conduct that interferes with U.S. border control measures.

Specifically, a person who knowingly transmits the location or activities of law enforcement with the intent to further a crime related to immigration, customs, controlled substances, or other border controls may be imprisoned for a maximum of 10 years. A person who knowingly damages or destroys a device deployed to control the border or a port of entry may be imprisoned for a maximum of 10 years.

Additionally, the bill provides for enhanced punishment for carrying or using a firearm in connection with certain criminal immigration violations such as assisting a non-U.S. national (alien under federal law) who is inadmissible due to a felony conviction enter the United States.

]]> Transnational Criminal Organization Illicit Spotter Prevention and Elimination Act Display Title 45 Transnational Criminal Organization Illicit Spotter Prevention and Elimination Act 2025-02-11T05:08:17Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Transnational Criminal Organization Illicit Spotter Prevention and Elimination Act 2025-02-11T05:08:16Z Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced 6 A bill to prohibit the intentional hindering of immigration, border, and customs controls, and for other purposes. 2025-02-11T05:03:25Z Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2025-01-09T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119s50is/xml/BILLS-119s50is.xml 2025-01-09 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.