119-s84

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 84 Introduced in Senate

    (IS) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 84

 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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 January 14, 2025

 Ms. Ernst (for herself, Mr. Grassley, Mrs. Britt, Mr. Lankford, Mr. 
 Cramer, Mr. Hagerty, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Budd, 
Mr. Crapo, Mr. Daines, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Moran, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Graham, 
 Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Sheehy, Mr. Risch, Mr. Curtis, Mr. 
 Scott of Florida, Mr. Ricketts, Mr. Rounds, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Kennedy, 
 Mr. Mullin, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, and Mr. Hawley) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and 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
        (A) , by striking the comma at 
 the end and inserting a semicolon;
        (B) in subparagraph
        (B) , by striking the comma at 
 the end and inserting a semicolon;
            (C) in subparagraph
            (C) --
            (i) by striking ``sentence'' and inserting 
 ``sentenced''; and
            (ii) by striking ``, or'' and inserting a 
 semicolon;
            (D) in subparagraph
            (D) , by striking the comma at 
 the end and inserting ``; or''; and
        (E) by inserting after subparagraph
            (D) the 
 following:
 ``
        (E)
            (i) 
            (I) was not inspected and admitted into the 
 United States;
 ``
            (II) held a nonimmigrant visa (or other 
 documentation authorizing admission into the United 
 States as a nonimmigrant) that has been revoked under 
 

section 221
            (i) ; or
 ``
            (III) is described in 

section 237

    (a)

    (1)
            (C) 
            (i) ; 
 and
 ``
            (ii) has been charged by a prosecuting authority 
 in the United States with any crime 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 
 Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Immigration and 
 Customs Enforcement shall make reasonable efforts--
 ``
        (A) to 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 or convicted; and
 ``
        (B) to 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.''.

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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