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HR 4295 115th Congress House

CLEAR Act of 2017

Official title: To provide for enhanced Federal, State, and local assistance in the enforcement of the immigration laws, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act, to autho… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To provide for enhanced Federal, State, and local assistance in the enforcement of the immigration laws, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act, to authorize appropriations to carry out the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, and for other purposes.

Introduced: November 8, 2017 Introduced by: Blackburn, Marsha Republican · Tennessee See on congress.gov
Immigration Border security and unlawful immigrationCorrectional facilities and imprisonmentCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationCriminal justice information and records
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Detention of personsGovernment information and archivesGovernment liabilityImmigrant health and welfareIntergovernmental relationsLaw enforcement administration and fundingLaw enforcement officersMilitary facilities and propertyState and local financeState and local government operations
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Dec 13, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Nov 8, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Nov 8, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Latest action December 13, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Clear Law Enforcement for Criminal Alien Removal Act of 2017 or the CLEAR Act of 2017

This bill reaffirms the existing inherent authority of states and localities to assist in the enforcement of immigration laws by detaining or transferring aliens to federal custody.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shall provide the National Crime Information Center of the Department of Justice with information about aliens in violation of immigration laws. States and localities must provide DHS with specified information about such aliens.

DHS shall: (1) provide grants to states and localities to assist them in enforcing immigration laws, (2) construct or acquire increased space for detention facilities, (3) take illegal aliens into custody within 48 hours after receiving a request from a state or locality, (4) establish a training manual for state and local law enforcement on the enforcement of immigration laws, and (5) continue and expand the Institutional Removal Program for identifying removable criminal aliens in federal and state correctional facilities.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Republican 4
Black, Diane
· Nov 14, 2017
 R
Allen, Rick W.
Georgia · Nov 8, 2017
 R
Cole, Tom
Oklahoma · Nov 8, 2017
DUNCAN, JOHN
· Nov 8, 2017
 R
Grothman, Glenn
Wisconsin · Nov 8, 2017
 R
McClintock, Tom
California · Nov 8, 2017
SMITH, LAMAR
· Nov 8, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4295: CLEAR Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4295/
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"H.R. 4295: CLEAR Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4295/.
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