[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9174 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9174

   To authorize State enforcement of immigration laws, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 14, 2022

 Mr. Biggs (for himself, Mr. Good of Virginia, Mr. Weber of Texas, and 
  Mr. Budd) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To authorize State enforcement of 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 ``State Immigration Enforcement Act''.

SEC. 2. STATE ENFORCEMENT OF IMMIGRATION LAWS.

    States, or political subdivisions of States, may enact, implement 
and enforce criminal penalties that penalize the same conduct that is 
prohibited in the criminal provisions of immigration laws (as defined 
in section 101(a)(17) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1101(a)(17))), as long as the criminal penalties do not exceed the 
relevant Federal criminal penalties (without regard to ancillary issues 
such as the availability of probation or pardon). States, or political 
subdivisions of States, may enact, implement and enforce civil 
penalties that penalize the same conduct that is prohibited in the 
civil provisions of immigration laws (as defined in such section 
101(a)(17)), as long as the civil penalties do not exceed the relevant 
Federal civil penalties.

SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENT.

    Section 274A(h) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1324a(h)) is amended by striking paragraph (2).
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