To amend section 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to certain uniform requirements for United States immigration officers.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3172 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3172

   To amend section 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act with 
 respect to certain uniform requirements for United States immigration 
                               officers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 1, 2025

Mrs. Watson Coleman (for herself, Mr. Beyer, Ms. Omar, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
 Fields, Ms. Jacobs, and Mr. McGovern) introduced the following bill; 
          which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend section 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act with 
 respect to certain uniform requirements for United States immigration 
                               officers.

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

SECTION 1. UNIFORM REQUIREMENTS FOR UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION OFFICERS.

    Section 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1357) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(h)(1) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall require covered 
immigration officers to identify themselves as such officers by 
displaying bold and visible identification during a time of action.
            ``(2) For the purposes of this subsection--
                    ``(A) the term `bold and visible identification' 
                means--
                            ``(i) identification of the agency that the 
                        covered immigration officer represents no 
                        smaller than 12 inches by 6 inches on the front 
                        or back of the uniform of such officer; and
                            ``(ii) the identification described under 
                        clause (i) is not covered by external pieces of 
                        a uniform, including external armor or 
                        accessories;
                    ``(B) the term `covered immigration officer' 
                means--
                            ``(i) personnel of the U.S. Customs and 
                        Border Protection;
                            ``(ii) personnel of the U.S. Immigration 
                        and Customs Enforcement; and
                            ``(iii) any other official deputized by the 
                        Secretary of Homeland Security to engage in 
                        immigration enforcement actions.
                    ``(C) the term `time of action' includes any 
                immigration enforcement action such as a patrol, raid, 
                pickup, or serving a warrant.''.
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