[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5948 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5948

To amend section 274 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase 
 penalties for unlawfully bringing in and harboring aliens with prior 
                 felony convictions under Federal law.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 1, 2008

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend section 274 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase 
 penalties for unlawfully bringing in and harboring aliens with prior 
                 felony convictions under Federal law.

    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 ``Rodney J. Johnson Community 
Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. INCREASING PENALTIES FOR UNLAWFULLY BRINGING IN AND HARBORING 
              ALIENS WITH PRIOR FELONY CONVICTIONS UNDER FEDERAL LAW.

    (a) Penalty Amounts.--Section 274(a)(1)(B) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324(a)(1)(B)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (iii), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in clause (iv), by striking the period and inserting 
        ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(v) in the case of a violation described 
                        in clause (i) in which the offense was done for 
                        the purpose of commercial advantage or private 
                        financial gain and the alien in respect to whom 
                        such violation occurs was convicted of a felony 
                        under Federal law, be fined an amount equal to 
                        twice the amount of the fine authorized under 
                        such clause, or imprisoned for a term of 
                        imprisonment equal to twice the term of 
                        imprisonment authorized under such clause, or 
                        both.''.
    (b) Applicability.--The amendments made by this Act shall take 
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to 
conduct occurring on or after such date.
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