S 45
115th Congress
Senate
Immigration
Border security and unlawful immigration
Immigration status and procedures
Kate's Law
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 5, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 5, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Stop Illegal Reentry Act or Kate's Law
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase from two years to five years the maximum prison term for an alien who re-enters after being excluded, denied admission, deported, or removed.
The bill establishes:
- a 10-year maximum prison term for an alien who re-enters after being denied admission, excluded, deported, or removed on three or more prior occasions; and
- a 5-year mandatory minimum prison term for an alien who re-enters after being removed following a conviction for an aggravated felony or following two or more prior convictions for illegal re-entry.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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