To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to remove the discretion of the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to expedited removal under section 235(b)(1)(A)(iii)(I) of such Act.

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the Secretary of Homeland Security's discretionary authority to order expedited removal, except that if the Secretary determines after consulting with appropriate federal, state, or local law enforcement agencies that the alien will be detained under the authority of such an agency, the Secretary may not remove the alien until such detention terminates

[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[H.R. 519 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 519

 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to remove the discretion 
of the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to expedited removal 
            under section 235(b)(1)(A)(iii)(I) of such Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 17, 2007

Mr. Doolittle introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to remove the discretion 
of the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to expedited removal 
            under section 235(b)(1)(A)(iii)(I) of such Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REMOVAL OF DISCRETION TO ORDER EXPEDITED REMOVAL.

    Section 235(b)(1)(A)(iii)(I) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1225(b)(1)(A)(iii)(I)) is amended to read as follows:
                                    ``(I) In general.--The Secretary of 
                                Homeland Security shall apply clauses 
                                (i) and (ii) of this subparagraph to 
                                all aliens described in subclause (II), 
                                except that if the Secretary, after 
                                consulting with appropriate Federal, 
                                State, or local law enforcement 
                                agencies, determines that the alien 
                                will be detained under the authority of 
                                such an agency, the Secretary may not 
                                remove the alien until such detention 
                                terminates.''.
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