[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4015 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4015

      To provide for enhanced enforcement of the immigration laws.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 11, 1994

 Mr. Beilenson (for himself, Mr. Berman, Mr. Becerra, Mr. Filner, Ms. 
   Roybal-Allard, Mr. Farr, Ms. Schenk, Mr. Dellums, Mr. Dixon, Mr. 
  Pastor, and Ms. Velazquez) introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
      To provide for enhanced enforcement of the immigration laws.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Immigration Enforcement Act of 
1994''.

SEC. 2. STRENGTHENED ENFORCEMENT OF IMMIGRATION LAWS

    (a) Increased Personnel Levels of the Border Patrol.--The number of 
full-time officer positions in the Border Patrol of the Immigration and 
Naturalization Service for fiscal year 1995 shall be increased to 6,000 
positions.
    (b) Increased Personnel Levels of the INS Antismuggling Program.--
The number of full-time positions in the antismuggling program of the 
Immigration and Naturalization Service for fiscal year 1995 shall be 
increased to 600 positions.
    (c) Increased Funding Levels for the Border Patrol.--(1) In 
addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes, there are 
authorized to be appropriated to the Attorney General, $170,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999, for equipment 
(such as ground sensors and related equipment, vehicles, low level 
light television systems, hand-held night vision equipment, vehicle-
mounted infrared equipment), support services, and initial training for 
the Border Patrol.
    (2) In addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes, 
there are authorized to be appropriated to the Attorney General, 
$30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999 
for maintenance and repair of equipment used by the Border Patrol.
    (3) Funds appropriated pursuant to this subsection are authorized 
to remain available until expended.
    (d) Inservice Training for the Border Patrol.--(1) Section 103 of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1103) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(e)(1) The Attorney General shall provide for such programs of 
inservice training for full-time and part-time personnel of the Border 
Patrol in contact with the public as will familiarize the personnel 
with the rights and varied cultural backgrounds of aliens and citizens 
in order to ensure and safeguard the constitutional and civil rights, 
personal safety, and human dignity of all individuals, aliens as well 
as citizens, within the jurisdiction of the United States with whom 
they have contact in their work. In developing such training, the 
Attorney General shall consult with organizations familiar with the 
varied cultural backgrounds of such aliens and citizens or which have 
experience providing services to such aliens and citizens.
    ``(2) The Attorney General shall include a description of steps 
taken to carry out paragraph (1) in the annual report of the 
Service.''.
    (2)(A) There are authorized to be appropriated to the Attorney 
General to carry out the inservice training described in section 103(e) 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1995.
    (B) Funds appropriated pursuant to subparagraph (A) are authorized 
to remain available until expended.

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