Sarah's Law
Latest action · Jul 20, 2016 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.
- IntroducedJul 5, 2016
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Sarah's Law
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the detention of an alien: (1) who was not inspected and admitted into the United States, who held a revoked nonimmigrant visa (or other nonimmigrant admission document), or who is deportable for failing to maintain nonimmigrant status; and (2) who has been charged in the United States with a crime that resulted in the death or serious bodily injury of another person.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall make reasonable efforts to:
- obtain information about the identity of any victims of the crimes for which such alien was charged or convicted; and
- provide the victim, or a parent, guardian, spouse, or closest living relative of a deceased victim, with information about such alien, including name, date of birth, nationality, immigration status, criminal history, and a description of any related removal efforts.
Cosponsors 17
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 5, 2016 to Dec 6, 2016; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NE | Brad Ashford | Original | Jul 5, 2016 |
| R-NE | Jeff Fortenberry | Jul 6, 2016 | |
| R-IA | Rod Blum | Jul 7, 2016 | |
| R-GA | Jody B. Hice | Jul 13, 2016 | |
| R-NE | Adrian Smith | Jul 14, 2016 | |
| R-IL | John Shimkus | Jul 14, 2016 | |
| R-CO | Ken Buck | Jul 14, 2016 | |
| R-NC | Mark Meadows | Jul 14, 2016 | |
| R-FL | Ted S. Yoho | Jul 14, 2016 | |
| R-WV | David B. McKinley | Sep 6, 2016 | |
| R-TX | Michael C. Burgess | Sep 6, 2016 | |
| R-OK | Markwayne Mullin | Sep 12, 2016 | |
| R-MI | David A. Trott | Sep 22, 2016 | |
| R-TN | David P. Roe | Nov 15, 2016 | |
| R-KS | Lynn Jenkins | Nov 15, 2016 | |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Nov 15, 2016 | |
| R-FL | Ron DeSantis | Dec 6, 2016 |
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 Jul 5, 2016 |
| Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Jul 20, 2016 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 20, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
- Jul 5, 2016Introduced in House
- Jul 5, 2016Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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 H4276H.R. 5619–5627 | — | Jul 5, 2016 |
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 162, no. 107, July 5, 2016, page H4276.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 300 | Sarah's Law | Reintroduced Bill | Jan 31, 2017 |
| S 3124 | Sarah's Law | Identical bill | Jun 29, 2016 |
| HR 5646 | Sarah's Law | Identical bill | Jul 15, 2016 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to take into custody certain aliens who have been charged in the United States with a crime that resulted in the death or serious bodily injury of another person, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Sarah's Law
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 5, 2016Introduced 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.
