Amendment109th Congress
Amendment provides for enhanced penalties for certain crimes committed by illegal aliens; and provides for the listing of immigration violators in the National Crime Information Center Database.
- Amendment Number
- 118
- Description
- Amendment provides for enhanced penalties for certain crimes committed by illegal aliens; and provides for the listing of immigration violators in the National Crime Information Center Database.
- Purpose
- An amendment numbered 7 printed in House Report 109-76 to add 5 years to any sentence for violent crimes or drug trafficking offenses when the violator is an illegal alien. Also adds 15 years to any such sentence if the illegal alien has been previously deported on the grounds of a criminal offense and has re-entered the country. Requires the Department of Homeland Security to send all the names of individuals who are subject to deportation orders or who have signed voluntary deportation papers to the National Crime Information Center (NCIC).
- Congress
- 109
- Type
- HAMDT
- Latest Action Date
- May 11, 2005
- Latest Action Text
- On agreeing to the Goodlatte amendment (A007) Agreed to by recorded vote: 266 - 159 (Roll no. 165).
- Latest Action Time
- 16:47:54
- Submitted Date
- May 11, 2005
- Chamber
- House of Representatives
- Update Date
- Nov 15, 2019