[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8609 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8609

To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish and maintain 
  a ratio of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement prosecutors to 
              immigration judges, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 29, 2022

Mr. Crenshaw (for himself, Ms. Van Duyne, and Mr. Burchett) introduced 
    the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish and maintain 
  a ratio of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement prosecutors to 
              immigration judges, 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 ``Surging Prosecutors to Expedite 
Alien Removals Act of 2022''.

SEC. 2. U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT PROSECUTOR TO JUDGE 
              RATIO.

    (a) Requirement.--Not later than 180 days after enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall establish and maintain a 
four to one ratio of four U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement 
Office of Principle Legal Advisor prosecutors to each immigration judge 
(as defined by section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1101)) for the purpose described in subsection (b).
    (b) Purpose.--The prosecutors described in subsection (a) shall 
represent the Department of Homeland Security during removal 
proceedings before the Executive Office of Immigration Review of the 
Department of Justice.
    (c) Report.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security 
        shall provide a report to the appropriate congressional 
        committees on the status of achieving the ratio described under 
        subsection (a).
            (2) Update.--Not later than 90 days after the initial 
        report under paragraph (1) identifies a ratio less than the 
        ratio under subsection (a), the Secretary of Homeland Security 
        shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional 
        committees including a plan to achieve such ratio.
            (3) Appropriate congressional committees defined.--In this 
        subsection, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
        means--
                    (A) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 
                of Representatives;
                    (B) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
                Representatives;
                    (C) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate; 
                and
                    (D) the Committee on Homeland Security and 
                Governmental Affairs of the Senate.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated $35,000,000 for fiscal year 2023, to remain available 
through September 30, 2024, for the purpose described under subsection 
(a).
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