[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4537 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4537

 To prohibit the use of military installations to house aliens who do 
    not have a lawful immigration status or are undergoing removal 
                   proceedings in the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 11, 2016

Mr. Carter of Texas (for himself, Mrs. Roby, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. 
 Farenthold, Mr. Babin, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Meadows, Ms. Granger, 
Mrs. Blackburn, Mrs. Hartzler, Mr. Barton, Mr. Zinke, Mr. Calvert, Mr. 
Cook, Mr. Bost, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mrs. Lummis, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. 
Neugebauer, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Stivers, Mr. McCaul, Mrs. Noem, Mr. Forbes, 
  Mr. Palmer, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. Bridenstine, Mr. Marino, Mr. 
 King of New York, Mr. Donovan, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Tiberi, Mr. Cole, Mr. 
 Amodei, Mr. Smith of Texas, Mr. Culberson, Mr. Roskam, Mr. Olson, Mr. 
Barletta, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. Nugent, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Ratcliffe, 
  Mr. Cramer, Mr. Williams, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Huelskamp, Mr. 
 King of Iowa, Mr. Brooks of Alabama, Mr. Schweikert, Mr. Rouzer, Mr. 
 Flores, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Posey, and Mr. 
   Palazzo) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the use of military installations to house aliens who do 
    not have a lawful immigration status or are undergoing removal 
                   proceedings in 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 ``Resist Executive Amnesty on Defense 
Installations Act'' or the ``READI Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE OF MILITARY INSTALLATIONS TO HOUSE ALIENS 
              WHO DO NOT HAVE A LAWFUL IMMIGRATION STATUS OR ARE 
              UNDERGOING REMOVAL PROCEEDINGS IN THE UNITED STATES.

    (a) Prohibition.--A military installation may not be used to house 
any alien unlawfully present in the United States.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) The term ``alien unlawfully present'' means an alien 
        who--
                    (A) is covered by the rule of construction 
                regarding unlawful presence contained in section 
                212(a)(9)(B)(ii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
                (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(9)(B)(ii)); or
                    (B) is undergoing removal proceedings in the United 
                States.
            (2) The term ``military installation'' has the meaning 
        given that term in section 2801(c)(4) of title 10, United 
        States Code, but does not include an installation located 
        outside of the United States.
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