[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10066 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10066

  To transfer the criminal offense of voting by aliens from title 18, 
         United States Code, to the Voting Rights Act of 1965.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 29, 2024

Mr. Gaetz (for himself, Mr. Biggs, Mr. Ogles, Mr. Collins, Mr. Moore of 
   Alabama, and Ms. Tenney) introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To transfer the criminal offense of voting by aliens from title 18, 
         United States Code, to the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

    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 ``Judicial Action to Impose Liability 
for Alien Voters Act of 2024'' or as the ``JAIL for Alien Voters Act of 
2024''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF CRIME OF VOTING BY ALIENS.

    Chapter 29 of part I of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking section 611; and
            (2) in the table of sections for such chapter, by striking 
        the item pertaining to such section.

SEC. 3. PENALTY FOR VOTING BY ALIENS.

    Section 11 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10307) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(f)(1) It shall be unlawful for any alien to vote in any election 
held solely or in part for the purpose of electing a candidate for the 
office of President, Vice President, Presidential elector, Member of 
the Senate, Member of the House of Representatives, Delegate from the 
District of Columbia, or Resident Commissioner, unless--
            ``(A) the election is held partly for some other purpose;
            ``(B) aliens are authorized to vote for such other purpose 
        under a State constitution or statute or a local ordinance; and
            ``(C) voting for such other purpose is conducted 
        independently of voting for a candidate for such Federal 
        offices, in such a manner that an alien has the opportunity to 
        vote for such other purpose, but not an opportunity to vote for 
        a candidate for any one or more of such Federal offices.
    ``(2) Any person who violates this section shall be fined (in 
accordance with subsection (e) of section 3571 of title 18, United 
States Code, and notwithstanding each other provision of that section) 
not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.''.
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