[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3579 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3579

   To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to make voting in a 
 Federal election by an unlawfully present alien an aggravated felony 
                        and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 20, 2012

  Mr. Vitter introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to make voting in a 
 Federal election by an unlawfully present alien an aggravated felony 
                        and for other purposes.

    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 ``Voter Integrity Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. UNLAWFUL VOTING.

    (a) Aggravated Felony.--Paragraph (43) of section 101(a) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (T), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (U), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting a semicolon and ``and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(V) an offense described in section 611 of title 
                18, United States Code, committed by an alien who is 
                unlawfully present in the United States.''.
    (b) Deportable Offense.--Paragraph (2) of section 237(a) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
                    ``(G) Voting offenses.--Any alien who is unlawfully 
                present in the United States and who knowingly commits 
                a violation of section 611 of title 18, United States 
                Code.''.
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