[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 563 Introduced in House (IH)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 563

   To vacate further proceedings in the prosecution of certain named 
                                persons.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 18, 2007

  Mr. Hunter (for himself, Mr. Poe, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Mr. 
   Tancredo, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Goode, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mrs. 
Musgrave, Mr. Royce, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Herger, 
 Mr. Cole of Oklahoma, Mr. Barrett of South Carolina, Mr. Carter, Mr. 
 Porter, Mr. McCotter, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Gerlach, Mr. Mica, Mr. Saxton, 
   Mr. Davis of Kentucky, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Cantor, Mr. Hobson, Mr. 
  LaHood, Mr. Walsh of New York, Mr. Terry, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Hastings of 
 Washington, Mr. Weldon of Florida, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mr. Kirk, Mr. 
Rogers of Alabama, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Stearns, Mr. Renzi, Mr. Bonner, Mr. 
  Baker, Mr. Peterson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Everett, Mr. Cannon, Mrs. 
      Cubin, Mr. Shadegg, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Coble, Mr. English of 
  Pennsylvania, Mr. Gilchrest, Mr. Hayes, Mr. Lewis of Kentucky, Mr. 
   Rogers of Kentucky, Mr. David Davis of Tennessee, Mr. Pearce, Mr. 
 Gingrey, Mr. Gary G. Miller of California, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. Tiberi, 
 Mr. Whitfield, Mr. LaTourette, Mr. Young of Florida, Mrs. Blackburn, 
  Mr. Pitts, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Manzullo, Mr. 
    McHugh, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. McKeon, Mr. Akin, Mr. 
  Kingston, and Mr. Tiahrt) introduced the following bill; which was 
  referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the 
    Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
   To vacate further proceedings in the prosecution of certain named 
                                persons.

Whereas the conviction and sentencing of United States Border Patrol Agents 
        Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean for the pursuit and shooting of drug 
        smuggler Osvaldo Aldrete-Davila which is the subject of a Federal 
        criminal case in the United States District Court for the Western 
        District of Texas represents an extreme injustice: Now, therefore,
    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 ``Congressional Pardon for Border 
Patrol Agents Ramos and Compean Act''.

SEC. 2. ORDER.

    It is hereby ordered that the conviction and sentences of Border 
Patrol Agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean are vacated. The release 
of the defendants from the custody of the Government is hereby ordered, 
with prejudice. No further criminal prosecution or other proceeding 
against these named individuals with respect to the circumstances 
giving rise to the convictions and sentences vacated by this Act shall 
take place.

SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that the Department of Homeland 
Security review the rules of engagement presently utilized by the 
United States Border Patrol.
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