[History of Bills, Volume 143 (1997)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
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H.R. 1493--A bill to require the Attorney General to establish a
program in local prisons to identify, prior to arraignment,
criminal aliens and aliens who are unlawfully present in the
United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the
Judiciary.
By Mr. GALLEGLY (for himself, Mr. Royce, Mr. Packard, Mr. Cox of
California, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Riggs, Mr. Calvert,
Mr. Kim, and Mr. Bilbray), H2089 [30AP]
Cosponsors added, H2446 [8MY], H2875 [16MY], H3204 [22MY], H3274
[3JN], H4836 [26JN], H5664 [23JY], H5826 [25JY], H6707 [31JY], H6963
[5SE], H7830 [24SE]
Reported with amendment (H. Rept. 105-338), H9500 [23OC]