SAVE Act of 2007
Latest action · Nov 15, 2007 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.
- IntroducedNov 15, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Secure America Through Verification and Enforcement Act of 2007 or SAVE Act of 2007 - Sets forth border security and enforcement provisions, including provisions respecting: (1) increases in Border Patrol and investigative personnel; (2) recruitment of former military personnel; (3) use of Department of Defense (DOD) equipment; (4) infrastructure improvements; (5) aerial and other surveillance; (5) a national strategy to secure the borders; (6) emergency deployment of Border Patrol agents; and (7) expansion of the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism along the northern and southern borders.
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act and specified maritime law sections to revise alien smuggling provisions.
Sets forth provisions respecting border security on certain federal lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior.
Border Law Enforcement Act - Authorizes a border relief grant program for a tribal, state, or local law enforcement agency in a county within 25 miles of the southern border of the United States.
Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to make the basic employment eligibility confirmation pilot program permanent.
Sets forth conditions for the mandatory use of the E-verify system.
Requires: (1) employer/employee notification of social security number mismatches and multiple uses, and related information sharing with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS); and (2) establishment of electronic birth and death registration systems.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) penalize specified employers for failure to correct information returns; and (2) prohibit employers from deducting from gross income wages paid to unauthorized aliens, with an exception for an employer participating in the basic employment eligibility confirmation program.
Increases criminal alien program (CAP) personnel.
Establishes within DHS a rewards program to assist in the elimination of commercial operations to produce or sell fraudulent immigration-related documents and to assist in the investigation, prosecution, or disruption of commercial alien smuggling operations.
Provides for: (1) increased alien detention facilities; (2) additional district court judgeships; and (3) a media campaign to inform the public of changes made by this Act including a multilingual media campaign explaining noncompliance penalties.
Cosponsors 10
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 15, 2007 to May 20, 2008; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-LA | Mary L. Landrieu | Original | Nov 15, 2007 |
| D-DE | Thomas R. Carper | Dec 18, 2007 | |
| R-GA | Saxby Chambliss | Jan 22, 2008 | |
| R-NC | Richard Burr | Jan 25, 2008 | |
| R-ME | Olympia J. Snowe | Feb 5, 2008 | |
| R-TN | Lamar Alexander | Feb 26, 2008 | |
| R-GA | Johnny Isakson | Mar 3, 2008 | |
| R-LA | David Vitter | Apr 15, 2008 | |
| R-AK | Ted Stevens | May 15, 2008 | |
| R-AL | Jeff Sessions | May 20, 2008 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Nov 15, 2007 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 15, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Nov 15, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| RL33484 | National Park Management Archived | Report | Aug 15, 2008 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2366 | SAVE Act of 2007 | Identical bill | Nov 15, 2007 |
| HR 4088 | SAVE Act of 2007 | Identical bill | Mar 11, 2008 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to provide immigration reform by securing America's borders, clarifying and enforcing existing laws, and enabling a practical employer verification program.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Secure America Through Verification and Enforcement Act of 2007
- SAVE Act of 2007
- Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill
- Border Law Enforcement Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
- Alien labor
- Animals
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Border patrols
- Boundaries
- Canada
- Commerce
- Correctional institutions
- Counterfeiting
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal aliens
- Criminal investigation
- Customs administration
- Department of Homeland Security
- Detention of persons
- District courts
- Federal aid to law enforcement
- Federal law enforcement officers
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Fraud
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government publicity
- Health
- Illegal aliens
- Immigration
- Income tax
- Informers
- Infrastructure
- Infrastructure (Economics)
- International Affairs
- Judges
- Labor and Employment
- Latin America
- Mexico
- Military and naval supplies
- National forests
- National parks
- Passports
- Personnel records
- Prosecution
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Public service advertising
- Reconnaissance aircraft
- Recruiting of employees
- Retired military personnel
- Smuggling
- Tax deductions
- Tax returns
- Taxation
- Terrorism
- Veterans' employment
- Visas
- Vital statistics
- Wages
- Wildlife refuges
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 15, 2007Introduced in Senate
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.
