[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 131 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 131

To impose a mandatory minimum sentence on a deportable alien who fails 
           to depart or fails to attend a removal proceeding.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 2007

 Mr. Gallegly introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To impose a mandatory minimum sentence on a deportable alien who fails 
           to depart or fails to attend a removal proceeding.

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

SECTION 1. CRIMINAL CONSEQUENCES FOR DEPORTABLE ALIEN'S FAILURE TO 
              DEPART OR FAILURE TO APPEAR.

    Section 243(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1253(a)) is amended--
            (1) in the subsection heading, by inserting ``for Failure 
        to Appear and'' before ``for Failure to Depart'';
            (2) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``or'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in subparagraph (D), by adding ``or'' at the 
                end; and
                    (C) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the 
                following:
                    ``(E) was ordered removed in absentia under section 
                240(b)(5)(A) (unless such order was rescinded under 
                subparagraph (C) of such section),''; and
            (3) by striking the matter following subparagraph (E) (as 
        added by paragraph (2)) and inserting the following:
``shall be imprisoned for a term of years not less than 1 and not more 
than 4 (or 10 years if the alien is a member of any of the classes 
described in paragraph (1)(E), (2), (3), or (4) of section 237(a)) and 
fined in accordance with title 18, United States Code.''.
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