[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5854 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5854

    To amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit payments of 
    compromise settlements arising out of certain violations of the 
               immigration laws, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 4, 2021

Mr. McClintock (for himself, Mr. Jordan, Mr. McCarthy, Mr. Scalise, Ms. 
Stefanik, Mr. Mast, Mr. Rouzer, Mrs. Cammack, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Smith 
   of New Jersey, Mr. Smith of Missouri, Mr. Cawthorn, Mr. Joyce of 
  Pennsylvania, Mr. Bergman, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Johnson of 
 Louisiana, Ms. Herrell, Mr. Gosar, Mr. McKinley, Mr. Perry, Mr. Bost, 
Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. Latta, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Rosendale, Mr. Issa, 
Mr. Chabot, Mrs. Spartz, Mr. Grothman, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Moore of 
Alabama, Mr. Graves of Louisiana, Mr. Dunn, Mr. Buchanan, Mrs. Bice of 
   Oklahoma, Mr. Carter of Texas, Mr. Murphy of North Carolina, Mr. 
Burgess, Mr. Reschenthaler, Mr. Obernolte, Mr. Aderholt, Mrs. Boebert, 
 Mrs. Harshbarger, Mrs. Rodgers of Washington, Mrs. Wagner, Mr. Nehls, 
 Mr. Allen, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. Rice of South Carolina, Mr. 
Norman, Mr. McCaul, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, Mr. Biggs, Mr. Barr, Ms. Letlow, 
 Mr. Sessions, Mrs. Walorski, Mr. Cloud, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Gibbs, Mrs. 
 Hinson, Mr. Garbarino, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Upton, Mr. Palazzo, Mr. Massie, 
 Mr. Meuser, Mr. Bishop of North Carolina, Mr. Pfluger, Mr. Emmer, Mr. 
 Hudson, Mr. Smucker, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mr. Cole, Mr. Wittman, Mr. 
    Babin, Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Williams of Texas, Mr. 
 Crawford, Mr. Good of Virginia, Mr. Burchett, Mr. Zeldin, Mr. Brady, 
   Mr. Roy, Mr. McHenry, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Hagedorn, Mrs. 
   Hartzler, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Gooden of Texas, Ms. 
 Malliotakis, Mr. Jackson, Mr. Armstrong, Mr. Brooks, Mr. Fleischmann, 
 Mr. Amodei, Mr. Pence, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. Kustoff, Mr. 
  Westerman, Mr. Baird, Mr. Moolenaar, Mr. Garcia of California, Mr. 
   Joyce of Ohio, Mr. Reed, Mr. Guest, Mr. Budd, Mr. Balderson, Mr. 
 Womack, Mrs. Lesko, Mr. Owens, Mr. Mann, Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, 
 Ms. Tenney, Mr. Schweikert, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mrs. Steel, 
  Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois, Mr. Graves of Missouri, Mr. Hern, Mr. 
   Gallagher, Mr. Posey, Mr. Mooney, Mr. Guthrie, Mr. LaTurner, Mr. 
 Valadao, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Wenstrup, Mr. LaHood, Mr. Timmons, Mr. Nunes, 
  Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Young, Ms. Van Duyne, Ms. Granger, Ms. Herrera 
 Beutler, Mr. Carter of Georgia, Mr. Katko, Mr. Newhouse, Mr. Taylor, 
 Mr. Luetkemeyer, Mr. Davidson, Mr. Arrington, Mr. Meijer, Mr. Comer, 
 Mr. Fortenberry, Mrs. Fischbach, Mr. Hill, Mr. Fallon, Mr. Ferguson, 
 Mr. Jacobs of New York, Mr. Huizenga, Mr. Waltz, Mr. Loudermilk, Mr. 
 Moore of Utah, and Mr. Stewart) introduced the following bill; which 
             was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit payments of 
    compromise settlements arising out of certain violations of the 
               immigration laws, 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 ``Illegal Immigrant Payoff Prohibition 
Act''.

SEC. 2. NO PAYMENT OF COMPROMISE SETTLEMENTS ARISING OUT OF CERTAIN 
              VIOLATIONS OF THE IMMIGRATION LAWS.

    Section 2414 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``No payment of a compromise settlement may be made in relation to 
a civil action brought by an alien who is inadmissible under section 
212(a)(6)(A) or (7)(A)(i)(I) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1182(a)(6)(A) or (7)(A)(i)(I)), or who entered the United States 
in violation of section 275(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1325(a)), in connection with conduct described in any such 
section, unless expressly authorized by law.''.
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