[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1691 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1691

     To provide for a minimum presence of INS agents in each State.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 22, 1996

  Mr. Harkin introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
     To provide for a minimum presence of INS agents in each State.

    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 Control Enforcement 
Act''.

SEC. 2. MINIMUM STATE INS PRESENCE.

    (a) In General.--Section 103 (8 U.S.C. 1103) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection.
    ``(e) The Attorney General shall ensure that no State is allocated 
fewer than 10 full-time active duty agents of the Immigration and 
Naturalization Service to carry out the enforcement, examinations, and 
inspections functions of the Service for the purposes of effective 
enforcement of the Immigration and Nationality Act.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--This Act shall take effect 90 days after the 
date of its enactment.
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