HR 6495 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Crime Doesn’t Fly Act of 2022

Introduced Jan 25, 2022 Originated House Sponsor Nicole Malliotakis R-NY

Latest action · Jan 26, 2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime 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.

IntroducedJan 25, 2022
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Crime Doesn't Fly Act of 2022

This bill prohibits the use of warrants for the arrest, removal, or deportation of an alien as proof of identity at an airport security checkpoint unless the alien is being removed from the United States pursuant to immigration laws.

Cosponsors 34

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 25, 2022 to Mar 2, 2022; 13 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-MO	Ann Wagner	Original	Jan 25, 2022
R-OH	Bob Gibbs	Original	Jan 25, 2022
R-NY	Chris Jacobs	Original	Jan 25, 2022
R-WA	Dan Newhouse	Original	Jan 25, 2022
R-TX	Louie Gohmert	Original	Jan 25, 2022
R-NC	Madison Cawthorn	Original	Jan 25, 2022
R-IA	Mariannette Miller-Meeks	Original	Jan 25, 2022
R-IL	Mary E. Miller	Original	Jan 25, 2022
R-FL	Matt Gaetz	Original	Jan 25, 2022
R-MS	Michael Guest	Original	Jan 25, 2022
R-TX	Randy K. Weber, Sr.	Original	Jan 25, 2022
R-IL	Rodney Davis	Original	Jan 25, 2022
R-FL	Vern Buchanan	Original	Jan 25, 2022
R-NY	Andrew R. Garbarino		Feb 1, 2022
R-FL	Bill Posey		Feb 1, 2022
R-TX	Dan Crenshaw		Feb 1, 2022
R-FL	Daniel Webster		Feb 1, 2022
R-CA	Doug LaMalfa		Feb 1, 2022
R-AR	Eric A. "Rick" Crawford		Feb 1, 2022
R-MI	Fred Upton		Feb 1, 2022
D-NJ	Jefferson Van Drew		Feb 1, 2022
R-MI	John R. Moolenaar		Feb 1, 2022
R-TX	Roger Williams		Feb 1, 2022
R-FL	W. Gregory Steube		Feb 1, 2022
R-TX	Brian Babin		Feb 2, 2022
R-CA	David G. Valadao		Feb 2, 2022
R-IN	Jackie Walorski		Feb 2, 2022
R-CO	Lauren Boebert		Feb 2, 2022
R-CA	Jay Obernolte		Feb 7, 2022
R-NE	Jeff Fortenberry		Feb 7, 2022
R-TN	John W. Rose		Feb 7, 2022
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess		Feb 7, 2022
R-OH	Robert E. Latta		Feb 7, 2022
R-NY	Lee M. Zeldin		Mar 2, 2022

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Homeland Security Committee	Referred Jan 25, 2022
	Transportation and Maritime Security Subcommittee	Referred Jan 26, 2022

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jan 26, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security.
Jan 25, 2022Introduced in House
Jan 25, 2022Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congress shall have Power to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 16, January 25, 2022, page H302.

Related bills 3

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 2843	Crime Doesn’t Fly Act of 2023	Reintroduced Bill	Apr 25, 2023
S 3536	Crime Doesn’t Fly Act of 2022	Identical bill	Jan 31, 2022
S 3568	Prohibiting the Use of Arrest Warrants for Identification at Security Checkpoints Act of 2022	Related bill	Feb 2, 2022

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To prohibit the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration from accepting warrants for the arrest of aliens as valid proof of identification at aviation security checkpoints, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Crime Doesn’t Fly Act of 2022

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jan 25, 2022Introduced in House

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