[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4202 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4202

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to clarify the officers of 
  U.S. Customs and Border Protection are authorized to conduct asylum 
                  interviews, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 23, 2019

Mr. Arrington 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 clarify the officers of 
  U.S. Customs and Border Protection are authorized to conduct asylum 
                  interviews, 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 ``Securing Comprehensive Review in 
Entry Enforcement Now Act of 2019'' or the ``SCREEN Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. OFFICERS OF U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION AUTHORIZED TO 
              CONDUCT ASYLUM INTERVIEWS.

    Section 235(b)(1)(E) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1225(b)(1)(E)) is amended in the matter preceding clause (i), by 
inserting ``, including an officer of U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection,'' after ``immigration officer''.
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