HR 5759 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

BE GONE Act

Introduced Oct 27, 2021 Originated House Sponsor Elise M. Stefanik R-NY

Fact sheet

Latest action · Nov 1, 2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

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.

  1. IntroducedOct 27, 2021
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Better Enforcement of Grievous Offenses by unNaturalized Emigrants Act or the BE GONE Act

This bill expands, for immigration purposes, the definition of aggravated felony to include sexual abuse, sexual assault, and aggravated sexual violence. (Under current law, a conviction for an aggravated felony is grounds for deportation and may bar an individual from other immigration-related benefits.)

Cosponsors 72

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 27, 2021 to Mar 17, 2022, with 59 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-NYAndrew R. GarbarinoOriginalOct 27, 2021
R-MOAnn WagnerOriginalOct 27, 2021
R-IAAshley HinsonOriginalOct 27, 2021
R-ALBarry MooreOriginalOct 27, 2021
R-TXBeth Van DuyneOriginalOct 27, 2021
R-OHBill JohnsonOriginalOct 27, 2021
R-FLBill PoseyOriginalOct 27, 2021
R-OHBob GibbsOriginalOct 27, 2021
R-VABob GoodOriginalOct 27, 2021
R-TXBrian BabinOriginalOct 27, 2021
R-FLBrian J. MastOriginalOct 27, 2021
R-UTBurgess OwensOriginalOct 27, 2021
R-FLByron DonaldsOriginalOct 27, 2021
R-FLCarlos A. GimenezOriginalOct 27, 2021
R-NYChris JacobsOriginalOct 27, 2021
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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Nov 1, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
  2. Oct 27, 2021Introduced in House
  3. Oct 27, 2021Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 2945BE GONE ActRelated billOct 6, 2021

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Oct 27, 2021Introduced in House

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