SAVE Act of 2013
Latest action · Apr 8, 2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 26, 2013
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Secure America Through Verification and Enforcement Act of 2013 or SAVE Act of 2013 - 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) accountable financing under the Secure Border Initiative, (7) emergency deployment of Border Patrol agents, and (8) expansion of the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism along the northern and southern borders.
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to check against terrorist watchlists those persons suspected of alien smuggling and smuggled individuals who are interdicted at U.S. 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 (USDA) or the Secretary of the Interior.
Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to make the E-verify 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 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.
Authorizes border relief grants for local law enforcement agencies within 25 miles of the southern U.S. border.
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 immigration 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 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 26, 2013 to Jul 10, 2014, with 4 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MS | Alan Nunnelee | Original | Feb 26, 2013 |
| R-CA | Dana Rohrabacher | Original | Feb 26, 2013 |
| D-TX | Ralph M. Hall | Original | Feb 26, 2013 |
| R-MO | Vicky Hartzler | Original | Feb 26, 2013 |
| R-PA | Lou Barletta | Apr 9, 2013 | |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | May 3, 2013 | |
| D-NC | Mike McIntyre | May 22, 2013 | |
| D-IN | Peter J. Visclosky | Jun 17, 2013 | |
| R-CA | Edward R. Royce | Oct 7, 2013 | |
| R-TN | David P. Roe | Jan 13, 2014 | |
| R-TX | Kenny Marchant | Jul 10, 2014 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 8, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security.
- Mar 14, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Intelligence, Emerging Threats & Capabilities.
- Mar 13, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
- Mar 12, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
- Mar 4, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
- Arizona
- Border security and unlawful immigration
- California
- Canada
- Congressional oversight
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Criminal justice information and records
- Department of Homeland Security
- Detention of persons
- Foreign labor
- Forests, forestry, trees
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes
- Government information and archives
- Immigration
- Judges
- Latin America
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Law enforcement officers
- Mexico
- New Mexico
- Parks, recreation areas, trails
- Smuggling and trafficking
- Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
- Terrorism
- Texas
- Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
- Wages and earnings
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 26, 2013Introduced in House
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