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<dc:title>119 HR 4697 IH: Justice for American Victims of Illegal Aliens Act</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2025-07-23</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">119th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">1st Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 4697</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20250723">July 23, 2025</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="L000603">Mr. Luttrell</sponsor> introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HJU00">Committee on the Judiciary</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To amend title 18, United States Code, by adding an additional aggravating factor to be considered in determining whether a sentence of death is warranted.</official-title></form><legis-body id="H6EDDD1B695B1486AB0025CC29262093D" style="OLC"> 
<section id="H9C918519CDE44432944C6C3CC5CA5104" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Justice for American Victims of Illegal Aliens Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section> <section id="HE4CB2092C03940AF848603C2D25AF92E"><enum>2.</enum><header>Death penalty aggravating factors</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3592(c) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after paragraph (16) the following:</text> 
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<paragraph id="HCDAA59F4CC3A4D54B09D6CFDC42E6F4F"><enum>(17)</enum><header>Illegal alien</header><text>The defendant is an alien who—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFF2844767F90485AB0003DBEAA63F87B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">came to, entered, or remains in the United States in violation of Federal law; and</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3A06DEEAB9F14FFDB40C2D9DF414967A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has been convicted of killing, attempting to kill, or conspiring to kill a United States citizen.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> </legis-body></bill>

