[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5322 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5322

 To amend the United States Sentencing Guidelines applicable to human 
              smuggling offenses, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 14, 2024

 Mr. Ossoff (for himself and Mrs. Blackburn) introduced the following 
    bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the United States Sentencing Guidelines applicable to human 
              smuggling offenses, 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 ``Border Smuggling Crackdown Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF SENTENCING GUIDELINES.

    Section 2L1.1 of the United States Sentencing Guidelines Manual is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 
                following:
            ``(2) If the offense involved the smuggling, transporting, 
        or harboring of two or more unlawful aliens, increase as 
        follows:


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   ``Number of Unlawful Aliens Smuggled, Transported, or
                          Harbored                                            Increase in level
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(A) 2-4....................................................  add 2 levels
(B) 5-9....................................................  add 4 levels
(C) 10-19..................................................  add 5 levels
(D) 20-29..................................................  add 6 levels
(E) 30-49..................................................  add 8 levels
(F) 50 or more.............................................  add 10 levels.
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''; and
                    (B) by striking paragraph (7) and inserting the 
                following:
            ``(7) If any person died or sustained bodily injury, 
        increase the offense level according to the seriousness of the 
        injury:


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                ``Death or Degree of Injury                                   Increase in level
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(A) Bodily Injury..........................................  add 2 levels for each person so injured
(B) Serious Bodily Injury..................................  add 4 levels for each person so injured
(C) Permanent or Life-Threatening Bodily Injury............  add 6 levels for each person so injured
(D) Death..................................................  add 10 levels for each person who died.
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        ``The cumulative offense level determined from the application 
        of subsections (b)(2) and (b)(7) may not exceed level 29, 
        except if subsection (b)(6) applies, in which case the 
        cumulative offense level determined from the application of 
        subsections (b)(2), (b)(6), and (b)(7) may not exceed level 
        38.''; and
            (2) in Application Note 7 of the Commentary by adding at 
        the end the following:
                    ``(D) The offense involves injury to, or the death 
                of, a substantial number of individuals.''.
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