[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4526 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4526

To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide penalties for certain 
      obstructions of the enforcement of Federal immigration laws.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 1, 2017

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide penalties for certain 
      obstructions of the enforcement of Federal immigration laws.

    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 ``Stopping Lawless Actions of 
Politicians (SLAP) Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. CERTAIN OBSTRUCTIONS OF ENFORCEMENT OF IMMIGRATION LAWS.

    (a) Offense.--Chapter 73 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following;
``Sec. 1522. Certain obstructions of enforcement of immigration laws
    ``Whoever, being a State or local official having custody of an 
individual, knowingly ignores a request from the Federal Government for 
the custody of that individual, if the requesting authority has 
designated that individual as a violator of the immigration laws, shall 
be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or 
both''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 73 is amended by adding at the end the following:

``1522. Certain obstructions of enforcement of immigration laws.''.
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