Empowering Immigration Courts Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 3811 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3811 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to clarify the authority of immigration judges to sanction any contempt of the judge's authority. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 27, 2024 Mr. Kennedy (for himself, Mr. Cruz, and Mrs. Blackburn) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to clarify the authority of immigration judges to sanction any contempt of the judge's authority. 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 ``Empowering Immigration Courts Act''. SEC. 2. CONTEMPT AUTHORITY OF IMMIGRATION JUDGES. Section 240(b)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1229a(b)(1)) is amended by striking the last sentence and inserting th…