[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5102 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5102

 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a criminal 
penalty for an alien who lacks lawful immigration status and is present 
             in the United States, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 28, 2016

Mr. Culberson (for himself, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Babin, 
     Mr. Jody B. Hice of Georgia, Mr. Ratcliffe, and Mr. Grothman) 
 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 establish a criminal 
penalty for an alien who lacks lawful immigration status and is present 
             in the United States, 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 ``Interior Immigration Enforcement 
Act''.

SEC. 2. CRIME OF UNLAWFUL PRESENCE IN THE UNITED STATES.

    Section 275 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1325) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) Any alien who is age 18 or older and who knowingly lacks 
lawful immigration status and is present in the United States shall, 
for the first commission of any such offense, be fined under title 18, 
United States Code, or imprisoned not more than 6 months, or both, and, 
for a subsequent commission of any such offense, be fined under title 
18, United States Code, or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or 
both.''.
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