Community Protection Act of 2006
Latest action · Sep 21, 2006 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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.
- IntroducedSep 19, 2006
- Passed HouseSep 21, 2006
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
Community Protection Act of 2006 - Title I: Dangerous Alien Detention Act of 2006 - (Sec. 101) Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit indefinite detention of specified dangerous aliens under orders of removal who cannot be removed, subject to review every six months. States that habeas corpus review of such provisions shall be available only in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia after exhaustion of administrative remedies.
Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) detain an alien subject to an administrative final order of removal who has been granted a stay of removal during the pendency of such stay; and (2) parole an alien ordered removed and provide that such alien not be detained unless removal becomes foreseeable or the alien violates parole conditions.
Requires that a detention review process be established for aliens under order of removal who have effected an entry and are cooperating with removal.
(Sec. 102) Authorizes indefinite detention of an inadmissible alien until such alien is subject to an administrative final order of removal. States that habeas corpus review of such provision shall be available only in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia after exhaustion of administrative remedies.
Title II: Criminal Alien Removal Act - (Sec. 201) Provides for expedited removal of aliens removable on criminal grounds.
Title III: Alien Gang Removal Act of 2006 - (Sec. 301) Makes an alien inadmissible for U.S. entry if: (1) such alien has been deported for criminal street gang participation; or (2) the consular officer or the Secretary knows or has reasonable grounds to believe that such alien is a member of a criminal street gang seeking U.S. entry in furtherance of gang-related crimes or activities or is a member of a designated criminal street gang.
Defines: (1) criminal street gang; and (2) gang crime.
Makes an alien deportable who: (1) is a street gang member convicted of committing or attempting to commit a gang crime; or (2) is determined by the Secretary to be a member of a designated criminal street gang.
Authorizes the Attorney General to designate a group or association as a criminal street gang. Requires the Attorney General to provide specified congressional leaders with prior notice of, and the factual basis for, such designation.
Provides for revocation of such designation by: (1) an Act of Congress; (2) the Attorney General's review based upon changed circumstances or national security; or (3) judicial appeal or petition to the Attorney General by a gang or association so designated.
(Sec. 302) Requires mandatory detention of aliens subject to removal based upon criminal street gang membership.
(Sec. 303) Makes such aliens ineligible for asylum and protection from removal to certain countries.
Recorded votes 2
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 465 | On Passage | Passed328–95 | Sep 21, 2006 |
| House 464 | Table Appeal of the Ruling of the Chair | Passed225–195 | Sep 21, 2006 |
Cosponsors 14
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Sep 21, 2006.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-CA | Darrell Issa | Sep 21, 2006 | |
| R-CA | Edward R. Royce | Sep 21, 2006 | |
| R-CA | Gary G. Miller | Sep 21, 2006 | |
| R-KY | Geoff Davis | Sep 21, 2006 | |
| R-IN | John N. Hostettler | Sep 21, 2006 | |
| R-TX | Kenny Marchant | Sep 21, 2006 | |
| R-TX | Lamar Smith | Sep 21, 2006 | |
| R-CO | Marilyn N. Musgrave | Sep 21, 2006 | |
| R-IN | Mark E. Souder | Sep 21, 2006 | |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | Sep 21, 2006 | |
| R-IA | Steve King | Sep 21, 2006 | |
| R-MI | Thaddeus G. McCotter | Sep 21, 2006 | |
| R-VA | Thelma D. Drake | Sep 21, 2006 | |
| R-NC | Virginia Foxx | Sep 21, 2006 |
Actions 18
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 21, 2006Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1018. (consideration: CR H6869-6879)
- Sep 21, 2006DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Gutierrez motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment inserting a new section entitled Provision of Additional Resources to Apprehend Criminal Aliens.
- Sep 21, 2006DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 6094.
- Sep 21, 2006Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Sep 21, 2006Mr. Gutierrez appealed the ruling of the chair. The question was then put on sustaining the ruling of the chair.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HRES 1018 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4830) to amend chapter 27 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the unauthorized construction, financing, or reckless permitting (on one's land) the construction or use of a tunnel or subterranean passa | Related bill | Sep 21, 2006 |
| HR 6089 | Illegal Immigrant Deterrence and Public Safety Act of 2006 | Related bill | Sep 15, 2006 |
| HR 6090 | Effective Immigration Enforcement and Community Protection Act of 2006 | Related bill | Sep 15, 2006 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
- Administrative procedure
- Administrative remedies
- Aliens
- Appellate procedure
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Automobile theft
- Burglary
- Communicable diseases
- Congress
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Conspiracy
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal aliens
- Department of Homeland Security
- Department of Justice
- Deportation
- Detention of persons
- Drug abuse
- Drug traffic
- Evidence (Law)
- Explosives
- Firearms
- Gangs
- Government Operations and Politics
- Habeas corpus
- Health
- Identity theft
- Illegal aliens
- Immigration
- Imprisonment
- Injunctions
- International Affairs
- Judicial review
- Larceny
- Law
- Legislation
- Money laundering
- Obstruction of justice
- Organized crime
- Parole
- Right of asylum
- Smuggling
- Transportation and Public Works
- Violence
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 21, 2006Engrossed in House
- Sep 19, 2006Introduced in House
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