Protecting Military Assets Act of 2024

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8969 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8969

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that aliens who 
  have been convicted of or who have committed an offense related to 
entering military, naval, or coast guard property, are inadmissible and 
                              deportable.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 9, 2024

Mr. Luttrell (for himself, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Arrington, Ms. Hageman, Mr. 
  Dunn of Florida, Mr. Bean of Florida, and Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia) 
 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 provide that aliens who 
  have been convicted of or who have committed an offense related to 
entering military, naval, or coast guard property, are inadmissible and 
                              deportable.

    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 ``Protecting Military Assets Act of 
2024''.

SEC. 2. INADMISSIBILITY AND DEPORTABILITY RELATED TO ENTERING MILITARY, 
              NAVAL, OR COAST GUARD PROPERTY.

    (a) Inadmissibility.--Section 212(a)(2) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following:
                    ``(J) Entering military, naval, or coast guard 
                property.--Any alien who has been convicted of, who 
                admits having committed, or who admits committing acts 
                which constitute the essential elements of an offense 
                under section 1382 of title 18, United States Code, is 
                inadmissible.''.
    (b) Deportability.--Section 237(a)(2) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following:
                    ``(G) Entering military, naval, or coast guard 
                property.--Any alien who has been convicted of an 
                offense under section 1382 of title 18, United States 
                Code, is deportable.''.
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