HR 2278 · 113th Congress · Immigration

SAFE Act

Introduced 2013-06-06· Sponsored by Rep. Gowdy, Trey [R-SC-4]· House

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Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 509.(2014-12-16)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement Act or SAFE Act - Authorizes: (1) states or their political subdivisions to enact and enforce immigration criminal penalties as long as they do not exceed relevant federal criminal penalties; and (2) state or local law enforcement personnel to investigate, apprehend, arrest, or transfer to federal custody aliens for immigration enforcement purposes to the same extent as federal law enforcement personnel. Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) of the Department of Justice (DOJ) with all information that the Secretary has regarding any alien: (1) against whom a final order of removal has been issued, (2) who has entered into a voluntary departure agreement, (3) who has overstayed his or her authorized period of stay, or (4) whose visa has been revoked. Requires NCIC to enter such information into its Immigration Violators File. Requires: (1) states to have access to federal programs or technology directed at identifying inadmissible or deportable aliens, and (2) states and their political subdivisions to provide DHS with specified identifying information about each apprehended alien w…

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H.R. 2278, Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement Act

Dec 6, 2013

As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on June 18, 2013

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Cosponsors (20)

20 Republicans