119-hr578

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 578 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 578

 To require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to take into 
custody certain aliens who have been charged in the United States with 
a crime that resulted in the death or serious bodily injury of another 
 person, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 January 21, 2025

 Mr. Feenstra (for himself, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Ciscomani, Mr. Estes, Mr. 
 Bost, Mr. Rouzer, Mr. Nehls, Mr. DesJarlais, Mr. Finstad, Mr. Bacon, 
Ms. Salazar, Mr. Aderholt, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. Garbarino, Mr. 
 McClintock, Ms. Mace, Mr. Bergman, Mr. Meuser, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, Mr. 
 Balderson, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mrs. Hinson, Mr. Babin, Mr. 
 Edwards, Mr. Schmidt, Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Hamadeh of 
 Arizona, Mr. Evans of Colorado, Mr. Timmons, Mr. Moolenaar, Mr. 
 LaMalfa, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Wied, Mr. Ogles, Mr. Brecheen, Mr. Nunn of 
Iowa, Mr. Ellzey, Mr. Rulli, Mr. Downing, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, 
Mr. Sessions, Mr. McDowell, Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, Mrs. Biggs of 
South Carolina, and Mr. McCormick) introduced the following bill; which 
 was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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 A BILL

 To require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to take into 
custody certain aliens who have been charged in the United States with 
a crime that resulted in the death or serious bodily injury of another 
 person, 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 ``Sarah's Law''.

SEC. 2. MANDATORY DETENTION OF CERTAIN ALIENS CHARGED WITH A CRIME 
 RESULTING IN DEATH OR SERIOUS BODILY INJURY.

 

Section 236
            (c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1226
            (c) ) is amended--

    (1) in paragraph

    (1) --
        (A) in subparagraph
            (C) --
            (i) by striking ``sentence'' and inserting 
 ``sentenced''; and
            (ii) by striking ``or'';
        (B) in subparagraph
            (D) , by striking the comma at 
 the end and inserting ``, or''; and
            (C) by inserting after subparagraph
            (D) the 
 following:
 ``
        (E)
            (i) 
            (I) is inadmissible under paragraph

    (6)
        (A) ,

    (6)
            (C) , or

    (7) of 

section 212

    (a) ,
 ``
            (II) is deportable under 

section 237

    (a)

    (1)
        (B) as 
 an alien whose nonimmigrant visa (or other 
 documentation authorizing admission into the United 
 States as a nonimmigrant) has been revoked under 
 

section 221
            (i) , or
 ``
            (III) is deportable under 

section 237

    (a)

    (1)
            (C) 
            (i) , and
 ``
            (ii) is charged with, is arrested for, is 
 convicted of, admits having committed, or admits 
 committing acts which constitute the essential elements 
 of any offense that resulted in the death or serious 
 bodily injury (as defined in 

section 1365

    (h)

    (3) of 
 title 18, United States Code) of another person,''; and

    (2) by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (3) Notification requirement.--Upon encountering or 
 gaining knowledge of an alien described in paragraph

    (1) , the 
 Secretary of Homeland Security shall--
 ``
        (A) obtain information from law enforcement 
 agencies and from other available sources regarding the 
 identity of any victims of the crimes for which such 
 alien was charged, arrested, or convicted; and
 ``
        (B) provide the victim or, if the victim is 
 deceased, a parent, guardian, spouse, or closest living 
 relative of such victim, with information, on a timely 
 and ongoing basis, including--
 ``
            (i) the alien's full name, aliases, date 
 of birth, and country of nationality;
 ``
            (ii) the alien's immigration status and 
 criminal history;
 ``
            (iii) the alien's custody status and any 
 changes related to the alien's custody; and
 ``
            (iv) a description of any efforts by the 
 United States Government to remove the alien 
 from the United States.
 ``

    (4) Detainer.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
 issue a detainer for an alien described in paragraph

    (1)
        (E) and, if the alien is not otherwise detained by Federal, State, 
 or local officials, shall effectively and expeditiously take 
 custody of the alien.''.

SEC. 3. SAVINGS PROVISION.

 Nothing in this Act, or the amendments made by this Act, may be 
construed to limit the rights of crime victims under any other 
provision of law, including 

section 3771 of title 18, United States 
Code.
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