Keep Our Communities Safe Act of 2011
Latest action · Oct 18, 2011 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 171.
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.
- IntroducedMay 23, 2011
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Keep Our Communities Safe Act of 2011 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to revise provisions regarding the detention and removal of aliens ordered removed.
Begins the removal period on the latest of: (1) the date the removal order becomes administratively final; (2) the date the alien is taken into Department of Homeland Security (DHS) custody if the alien is not in DHS custody on the date the removal order becomes administratively final; or (3) if the alien is detained or confined (except under an immigration process) on the date the removal order becomes administratively final, the date the alien is taken into DHS custody after the alien is released from detention or confinement.
Extends the removal (and detention) period beyond 90 days if: (1) the alien fails or refuses to comply with the removal order or to fully cooperate with DHS efforts to establish the alien's identity and carry out the removal order; (2) a court, the Board of Immigration Appeals, or an immigration judge orders a stay of removal of an alien who is subject to a final removal order; or (3) DHS transfers custody of the alien to another federal agency or to a state or local agency.
Begins a new removal period in the case of such an extended removal on the date: (1) the alien makes all reasonable efforts to comply with the removal order or to fully cooperate with DHS efforts to establish the alien's identity and carry out the removal order, (2) the stay of removal is no longer in effect, or (3) the alien is returned to DHS custody.
Authorizes DHS to detain indefinitely, subject to six-month review, an alien under removal order who cannot be removed if: (1) the alien will be removed in the reasonably foreseeable future; (2) the alien would have been removed but for the alien's refusal to cooperate with DHS identification and removal efforts; (3) the alien has a highly contagious disease that poses a public safety threat; (4) release would have serious adverse foreign policy consequences or would threaten national security; (5) release would threaten the safety of the community or any person and the alien has been convicted of either one or more aggravated felonies or crimes of violence and, because of a mental or personality condition, is likely to engage in future acts of violence; or (6) release would threaten the safety of the community or any person and the alien has been convicted of one or more aggravated felonies.
Authorizes unlimited detention of certain aliens during removal proceedings.
States that habeas corpus review of such detention and related actions or decisions shall be available only in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia after exhaustion of administrative remedies.
Subjects a criminal alien to mandatory DHS detention upon release without regard to whether the alien's release is related to: (1) certain activities, offenses, or convictions under INA; (2) whether the alien is released on parole, supervised release, or probation; or (3) whether the alien may be arrested or imprisoned again for the same offense.
Limits the Attorney General's (DOJ) review of DHS custody determinations to whether the alien may be detained, released with no bond, or released on bond of at least $1,500.
Limits the Attorney General's review of DHS custody determinations for an alien in certain categories to whether the alien was properly included in such category.
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) this Act should ensure that constitutional rights are protected, and (2) it is the intention of Congress to uphold the constitutional principles of due process and that due process is a right of everyone in the United States.
Cosponsors 24
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 31, 2011 to Jul 21, 2011.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-CA | Dana Rohrabacher | May 31, 2011 | |
| R-FL | Dennis A. Ross | May 31, 2011 | |
| R-CA | Edward R. Royce | May 31, 2011 | |
| R-FL | Jeff Miller | May 31, 2011 | |
| R-MD | Roscoe G. Bartlett | May 31, 2011 | |
| R-TX | Kenny Marchant | Jun 1, 2011 | |
| R-GA | Lynn A. Westmoreland | Jun 1, 2011 | |
| R-ID | Michael K. Simpson | Jun 1, 2011 | |
| R-AL | Spencer Bachus | Jun 3, 2011 | |
| R-OK | James Lankford | Jun 13, 2011 | |
| R-CO | Mike Coffman | Jun 13, 2011 | |
| R-NC | Sue Wilkins Myrick | Jun 13, 2011 | |
| R-PA | Todd Russell Platts | Jun 13, 2011 | |
| R-NC | Virginia Foxx | Jun 13, 2011 | |
| R-GA | Rob Woodall | Jun 15, 2011 | |
| R-CA | Gary G. Miller | Jun 16, 2011 | |
| R-VA | J. Randy Forbes | Jun 16, 2011 | |
| R-FL | Connie Mack | Jun 21, 2011 | |
| R-SC | Mick Mulvaney | Jul 6, 2011 | |
| R-AL | Mo Brooks | Jul 7, 2011 | |
| R-IL | Donald A. Manzullo | Jul 11, 2011 | |
| R-CA | Wally Herger | Jul 11, 2011 | |
| R-CA | Duncan Hunter | Jul 12, 2011 | |
| R-CA | Brian P. Bilbray | Jul 21, 2011 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred May 23, 2011Markup Jul 14, 2011Reported Oct 18, 2011 |
| Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred May 23, 2011Hearings May 24, 2011Discharged Jun 20, 2011 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 18, 2011Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 112-255.
- Oct 18, 2011Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 171.
- Jul 14, 2011Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 14, 2011Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 17 - 14.
- Jun 20, 2011Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement Discharged.
In the Congressional Record 1
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 | Lists H3343H.R. 1932-1952 | — | May 23, 2011 |
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 estimate
- Aug 8, 2011H.R. 1932, Keep Our Communities Safe Act of 2011Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 14, 2011
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H3343.
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. 112-43 | KEEP OUR COMMUNITIES SAFE ACT198 pages | Judiciary Committee | May 24, 2011 |
Titles 3
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 extensions of detention of certain aliens ordered removed, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Keep Our Communities Safe Act of 2011
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Keep Our Communities Safe Act of 2011
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
- Administrative remedies
- Criminal procedure and sentencing
- Department of Homeland Security
- Department of Justice
- Detention of persons
- District of Columbia
- Federal district courts
- Homeland security
- Immigration
- Immigration status and procedures
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Judicial review and appeals
- Jurisdiction and venue
- Mental health
- Violent crime
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 18, 2011Reported in House
- May 23, 2011Introduced 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.
