[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 54 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 54

  To prohibit the creation of an immigration-related registry program 
  that classifies people on the basis of religion, race, age, gender, 
        ethnicity, national origin, nationality, or citizenship.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 5, 2017

   Mr. Booker (for himself, Ms. Warren, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Markey, Mrs. 
Murray, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Hirono, and Mr. Wyden) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit the creation of an immigration-related registry program 
  that classifies people on the basis of religion, race, age, gender, 
        ethnicity, national origin, nationality, or citizenship.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLES.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protect American Families from 
Unnecessary Registration and Deportation Act of 2017'' or the ``Protect 
American Families Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN IMMIGRATION-RELATED REGISTRY PROGRAMS.

    (a) Prohibition.--Subject to subsection (b) and notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, including sections 263, 265, and 266 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1303, 1305, and 1306)--
            (1) the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of 
        Justice, or any other Federal department may not create or 
        implement a law enforcement or national security program that 
        requires, or has the effect of causing, people to register or 
        check in on the basis of religion, race, age, gender, 
        ethnicity, national origin, nationality, or citizenship; and
            (2) consistent with the prohibition under paragraph (1), no 
        Federal funds may be used to create or implement an immigration 
        registry or check-in program.
    (b) Inapplicability to Certain Federal Programs.--The prohibitions 
under subsection (a) shall not apply to any Federal program that--
            (1) merely collects and compiles data about aliens entering 
        or exiting the United States; or
            (2) issues visas, grants United States citizenship, confers 
        an immigration benefit to nationals of a foreign country, or 
        temporarily or permanently protects noncitizens from removal.
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