[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2073 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2073

To amend section 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit 
 immigration officers or agents of the Department of Homeland Security 
   from wearing clothing or other items bearing the word ``police''.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 6, 2017

Ms. Velazquez (for herself, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Gutierrez, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. 
   Gallego, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Lee, Mr. 
Veasey, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Correa, Ms. Moore, Mrs. Torres, Ms. Michelle 
 Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, and 
 Mr. Serrano) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend section 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit 
 immigration officers or agents of the Department of Homeland Security 
   from wearing clothing or other items bearing the word ``police''.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON IMMIGRATION OFFICER UNIFORMS.

    Section 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1357) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(i) Immigration officers or agents of the Department of Homeland 
Security, including officers and agents of U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection, shall not wear any 
clothing, accessories, or other items on their person bearing the word 
`police' while performing duties under the immigration laws.''.
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