[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 850 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 850

 To amend certain provisions of law concerning communications between 
  Government agencies and the Immigration and Naturalization Service.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 26, 1997

Mr. Rangel (for himself and Mr. Gilman) introduced the following bill; 
          which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend certain provisions of law concerning communications between 
  Government agencies and the Immigration and Naturalization Service.

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

SECTION 1. RESTRICTIONS ON COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AGENCIES 
              AND THE IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE.

    (a) Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act 
of 1996.--Section 434 of the Personal Responsibility and Work 
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1644) is repealed.
    (b) Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 
1996.--Section 642 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant 
Responsibility Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-208) is amended--
            (1) by striking subsections (a) and (b) and inserting the 
        following new subsection:
    ``(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a 
Federal, State, or local government entity or official may not prohibit 
any government entity or official from sending to, or receiving from, 
the Immigration and Naturalization Service any information regarding 
the immigration status, lawful or unlawful, of any individual who has 
been convicted of a crime under Federal, State, or local law.''; and
            (2) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (b).
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