Illegal Offender Registry Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8970 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8970

 To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a publicly 
 available database that includes information regarding aliens without 
lawful status in the United States who have been convicted of felonies.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 9, 2024

 Mr. Molinaro (for himself, Mr. D'Esposito, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Williams 
 of New York, Mr. Lawler, and Mr. Langworthy) introduced the following 
       bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a publicly 
 available database that includes information regarding aliens without 
lawful status in the United States who have been convicted of felonies.

    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 ``Illegal Offender Registry Act''.

SEC. 2. DATABASE OF INFORMATION REGARDING ALIENS WITHOUT LAWFUL STATUS 
              WHO HAVE BEEN CONVICTED OF FELONIES.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Homeland Security shall establish a database that is 
publicly available on the website of the Department of Homeland 
Security that includes, for each alien without lawful status in the 
United States under the immigration laws (as such term is defined in 
section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101)) who 
is physically present in the United States, and has been convicted of a 
felony in the United States, the following information:
            (1) The locality in which the alien resides.
            (2) The alien's name.
            (3) The crime for which the alien was convicted.
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