[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9387 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9387

   To authorize a court to award restitution for unlawful entry and 
         presence in the United States, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 20, 2024

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

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                                 A BILL


 
   To authorize a court to award restitution for unlawful entry and 
         presence in the United States, 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 ``Allocating Liability to Illegal 
Entrants in National Courts Act'' or the ``ALIEN Act''.

SEC. 2. ORDER OF RESTITUTION FOR UNLAWFUL ENTRY AND PRESENCE IN THE 
              UNITED STATES.

    Section 3663(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``or section 5124'' and inserting ``section 
        5124''; and
            (2) by inserting ``or section 275(a) of the Immigration and 
        Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1325(a)),'' before ``other than an 
        offense''.
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