[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3145 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3145

   To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase criminal 
 penalties for certain removed aliens who illegally reenter the United 
                                States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 24, 2007

  Mrs. Drake introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase criminal 
 penalties for certain removed aliens who illegally reenter the United 
                                States.

    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 ``Prohibition Against Criminal Alien 
Reentry Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. INCREASED CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR CERTAIN REMOVED ALIENS.

    Section 276(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1326(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``three'' and inserting ``two'', 
                and
                    (B) by striking ``10'' and inserting ``20'';
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``20'' and inserting 
        ``30'';
            (3) in paragraph (3), by striking ``10'' and inserting 
        ``20''; and
            (4) in paragraph (4), by striking ``10'' and inserting 
        ``20''.
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