To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for compensation to States incarcerating undocumented aliens charged with a felony or two or more misdemeanors.
Latest action · May 12, 2008 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.
- IntroducedMar 13, 2007
- Passed HouseMay 8, 2008
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to compensate states and localities for incarcerating undocumented aliens charged with, or convicted of, a felony or two or more misdemeanors.
Cosponsors 60
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 13, 2007 to Mar 10, 2008; 26 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Original | Mar 13, 2007 |
| D-TX | Al Green | Original | Mar 13, 2007 |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Original | Mar 13, 2007 |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Original | Mar 13, 2007 |
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | Original | Mar 13, 2007 |
| D-CA | Dennis A. Cardoza | Original | Mar 13, 2007 |
| D-CA | Diane E. Watson | Original | Mar 13, 2007 |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Original | Mar 13, 2007 |
| D-CA | Ellen O. Tauscher | Original | Mar 13, 2007 |
| D-CA | George Miller | Original | Mar 13, 2007 |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Original | Mar 13, 2007 |
| D-CA | Hilda L. Solis | Original | Mar 13, 2007 |
| D-CA | Howard L. Berman | Original | Mar 13, 2007 |
| D-CA | Jane Harman | Original | Mar 13, 2007 |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Original | Mar 13, 2007 |
| D-CA | Joe Baca | Original | Mar 13, 2007 |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Original | Mar 13, 2007 |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Original | Mar 13, 2007 |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Original | Mar 13, 2007 |
| R-CA | Mary Bono | Original | Mar 13, 2007 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Mar 13, 2007 |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Original | Mar 13, 2007 |
| D-WI | Steve Kagen | Original | Mar 13, 2007 |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | Original | Mar 13, 2007 |
| D-CA | Tom Lantos | Original | Mar 13, 2007 |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Original | Mar 13, 2007 |
| D-OR | Darlene Hooley | Mar 29, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Mar 29, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | Mar 29, 2007 | |
| R-CA | Ken Calvert | Mar 29, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Mar 29, 2007 | |
| R-TX | Michael T. McCaul | Mar 29, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Silvestre Reyes | Mar 29, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Tim Holden | Mar 29, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Anthony D. Weiner | Apr 16, 2007 | |
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Apr 16, 2007 | |
| D-AZ | Gabrielle Giffords | Apr 16, 2007 | |
| D-CO | Mark Udall | Apr 16, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | May 15, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | May 15, 2007 | |
| R-CA | Darrell Issa | May 15, 2007 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | May 15, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | May 15, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Loretta Sanchez | May 15, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | May 15, 2007 | |
| D-OH | Zachary T. Space | May 15, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Jun 6, 2007 | |
| R-IN | Mark E. Souder | Jun 6, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Jun 6, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Jun 6, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Jun 6, 2007 | |
| D-IN | Baron P. Hill | Jul 17, 2007 | |
| R-CA | Brian P. Bilbray | Jul 17, 2007 | |
| D-HI | Neil Abercrombie | Jul 17, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Jul 27, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Sep 18, 2007 | |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Oct 31, 2007 | |
| R-CA | Gary G. Miller | Nov 15, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Laura Richardson | Dec 5, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Timothy H. Bishop | Mar 10, 2008 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Mar 13, 2007Markup Oct 24, 2007Reported May 6, 2008 |
| Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Apr 20, 2007Markup Sep 25, 2007Reported Sep 25, 2007 | |
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred May 12, 2008 |
Actions 17
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 12, 2008Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- May 8, 2008Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3203)
- May 8, 2008Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR 5/6/2008 H3083)
- May 8, 2008Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- May 6, 2008Ms. Sanchez, Linda T. moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
In the Congressional Record 3
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House · Extensions | Debate and remarks E858, E882, H3203 | Mark Udall D-CO, Sam Farr D-CA | May 8, 2008 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E851 | Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX | May 7, 2008 |
| House | Debate and remarks H3083–H3085Text printed H3083 | Gabrielle Giffords D-AZ, Linda T. Sánchez D-CA, Steve King R-IA, Timothy H. Bishop D-NY | May 6, 2008 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Dec 7, 2007H.R. 1512, A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for compensation to states incarcerating undocumented aliens charged with a felony or two or more misdemeanors<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on October 24, 2007</p>
- Dec 7, 2007H.R. 1512, A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for compensation to states incarcerating undocumented aliens charged with a felony or two or more misdemeanorsCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on October 24, 2007
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 110-117 | PROBLEMS WITH IMMIGRATION DETAINEE MEDICAL CARE226 pages | Judiciary Committee | Jun 4, 2008 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2587 | SCAAP Reimbursement Protection Act of 2008 | Related bill | Jan 31, 2008 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for compensation to States incarcerating undocumented aliens charged with a felony or two or more misdemeanors.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 12, 2008Referred in Senate
- May 8, 2008Engrossed in House
- May 5, 2008Reported in House
- Mar 13, 2007Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
