Witness Assistance and Criminal Accountability Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 5247 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 5247 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide nonimmigrant visas for cooperating witnesses of certain criminal activity, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 25, 2024 Mr. Murphy 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 provide nonimmigrant visas for cooperating witnesses of certain criminal activity, 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 the ``Witness Assistance and Criminal Accountability Act''. SEC. 2. PROTECTION FOR COOPERATING WITNESSES OF CERTAIN CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. (a) Establishment of a Cooperating Witness Nonimmigrant Classification.--Section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and …