[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6715 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6715

    To require the removal of aliens in detention during a national 
  emergency related to a communicable disease, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 5, 2020

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

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                                 A BILL


 
    To require the removal of aliens in detention during a national 
  emergency related to a communicable disease, 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 ``Protect American Nationals During 
Emergencies by Mitigating the Immigration Crisis Act'' or the 
``PANDEMIC Act''.

SEC. 2. EXPEDITED REMOVAL OF DETAINED ALIENS DURING A NATIONAL 
              EMERGENCY RELATED TO A COMMUNICABLE DISEASE.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
unlawfully present alien who is detained by U.S. Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement during a national emergency related to a 
communicable disease (regardless of whether the alien was taken into 
custody before or during the national emergency related to a 
communicable disease) shall be removed from the United States in a 
manner which eliminates the need for additional detention at any 
processing center of the Department of Homeland Security and in a 
manner which assures expeditious removal.
    (b) Applicability to Criminal Aliens.--Subsection (a) shall not 
apply with respect to an alien against whom charges for a crime of 
violence are pending.

SEC. 3. DEFINITION.

    In this Act:
            (1) The term ``national emergency related to a communicable 
        disease'' means--
                    (A) an emergency involving Federal primary 
                responsibility determined to exist by the President 
                under section 501(b) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
                Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5191(b)) 
                with respect to a communicable disease; or
                    (B) a national emergency declared by the President 
                under the National Emergency Act (50 U.S.C. 1610 et 
                seq.) with respect to a communicable disease.
            (2) The term ``alien'' has the meaning given the term under 
        section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
        1101).
            (3) The term ``crime of violence'' has the meaning given 
        the term under section 16 of title 18, United States Code.
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