CLEAR Act of 2003
Latest action · Oct 1, 2003 Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 9, 2003
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Clear Law Enforcement for Criminal Alien Removal Act of 2003 or the CLEAR Act of 2003 - States that: (1) State and local law enforcement personnel are fully authorized to investigate, apprehend, or remove aliens in the United States (including interstate transportation of such aliens to detention centers) in the enforcement of U.S. immigration laws; and (2) a State that does not have a statute permitting enforcement of Federal immigration laws within two years of enactment of this Act shall not receive certain Federal incarceration assistance.
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to illegal aliens to: (1) establish criminal penalties and forfeiture for aliens unlawfully present in the United States; (2) increase specified criminal and civil penalties for illegal entry and failure to depart violations; and (3) provide for payment of funds from certain civil penalties to State and local law enforcement agencies for apprehension of such aliens.
Provides for the listing of immigration violators in the National Crime Information Center database.
Requires States and localities to provide the Department of Homeland Security with specified information about apprehended illegal aliens. Eliminates certain Federal incarceration assistance for noncompliance.
Directs the Attorney General to make grants to local police agencies for equipment and facilities related to housing and processing illegal aliens.
Amends the Act to provide for Federal custody and State or local compensation of State or locally apprehended illegal aliens.
Establishes a process for State and local claims against the Federal Government for failure to cooperate in enforcing immigration laws.
Directs the Secretary or the Attorney General to establish immigration-related training for State and local personnel.
Provides: (1) personal liability immunity for Federal, State, or local personnel enforcing immigration laws within the scope of their duties; and (2) civil rights money damage immunity for Federal, State, or local agencies enforcing immigration laws unless their personnel violated criminal law in such enforcement.
States that the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security shall continue to operate the Institutional Removal Program, which shall be expanded to all States.
Cosponsors 125
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 9, 2003 to Nov 19, 2004, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Allen Boyd | Original | Jul 9, 2003 |
| R-PA | Melissa A. Hart | Original | Jul 9, 2003 |
| D-GA | Nathan Deal | Original | Jul 9, 2003 |
| R-FL | Dave Weldon | Jul 16, 2003 | |
| R-NE | Doug Bereuter | Jul 16, 2003 | |
| R-KY | Ed Whitfield | Jul 16, 2003 | |
| R-CA | Elton Gallegly | Jul 16, 2003 | |
| R-MN | Gil Gutknecht | Jul 16, 2003 | |
| R-FL | Ginny Brown-Waite | Jul 16, 2003 | |
| R-VA | J. Randy Forbes | Jul 16, 2003 | |
| R-GA | Jack Kingston | Jul 16, 2003 | |
| R-VA | Jo Ann Davis | Jul 16, 2003 | |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Jul 16, 2003 | |
| R-OH | John A. Boehner | Jul 16, 2003 | |
| R-TX | John Abney Culberson | Jul 16, 2003 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 1, 2003Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Sep 23, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8468-8469)
- Sep 4, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
- Jul 21, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7201-7202)
- Jul 18, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7162-7163)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
- Administrative fees
- Administrative law judges
- Administrative remedies
- Aliens
- Arrest
- Auditing
- Claims
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal aliens
- Criminal investigation
- Criminal justice information
- Data banks
- Department of Justice
- Deportation
- Detention of persons
- Driver licenses
- Economics and Public Finance
- Executive reorganization
- Federal aid to law enforcement
- Federal-local relations
- Federal-state relations
- Fees
- Fines (Penalties)
- Fingerprints
- Forfeiture
- Fraud
- Government liability
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publications
- Government trust funds
- Identification devices
- Illegal aliens
- Immigration
- Imprisonment
- Intergovernmental fiscal relations
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Liability (Law)
- Local laws
- Police training
- Prisons
- Recidivists
- Science, Technology, Communications
- State laws
- Teleconferencing
- Transportation and Public Works
- Visas
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