[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3498 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3498

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

                             June 26, 2019

  Ms. Velazquez (for herself, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Omar, 
     Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Mr. Panetta, Mr. 
Espaillat, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Mucarsel-Powell, Ms. Norton, 
  Mr. Veasey, Ms. Haaland, Mr. Rush, Mr. Gallego, Ms. Barragan, Mrs. 
 Torres of California, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Mr. Soto, 
  Ms. Pressley, Mr. Blumenauer, and Ms. Ocasio-Cortez) 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Combating Deceptive Immigration 
Enforcement Practices Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. 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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