[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1517 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1517

    To include sexual assault and aggravated sexual violence in the 
 definition of aggravated felony under the Immigration and Nationality 
 Act in order to expedite the removal of aliens convicted of any such 
                                 crime.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 29, 2025

    Ms. Ernst (for herself, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Justice, Mr. 
 Grassley, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Graham, Mr. Risch, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Lee, Mr. 
 Ricketts, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Hawley, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, and 
 Mrs. Hyde-Smith) introduced the following bill; which was read twice 
             and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
    To include sexual assault and aggravated sexual violence in the 
 definition of aggravated felony under the Immigration and Nationality 
 Act in order to expedite the removal of aliens convicted of any such 
                                 crime.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLES.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Better Enforcement of Grievous 
Offenses by unNaturalized Emigrants'' or the ``BE GONE Act''.

SEC. 2. EXPANDING THE DEFINITION OF AGGRAVATED FELONIES UNDER THE 
              IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT.

    Section 101(a)(43) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1101(a)(43)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (T), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (U), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(V) sexual assault and aggravated sexual violence.''.
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