HR 7909 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act

Introduced Apr 9, 2024 Originated House Sponsor Nancy Mace R-SC

Latest action · Sep 19, 2024 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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.

IntroducedApr 9, 2024
Passed HouseSep 18, 2024
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act

This bill establishes certain criminal grounds for making non-U.S. nationals (aliens under federal law) inadmissible and expands the crimes for which a non-U.S. national is deportable.

First, the bill establishes that a non-U.S. national is inadmissible if the individual has admitted to or is convicted of acts constituting the essential elements of stalking, child abuse, child neglect, child abandonment, a sex offense, conspiracy to commit a sex offense, a violation of certain protection orders, and domestic violence (including physical or sexual abuse or a pattern of coercive behavior when it occurs within certain close relationships).

Next, the bill establishes additional grounds for deportation. Under current law, a non-U.S. national is deportable for certain criminal convictions, including domestic violence, stalking, and child abuse. The bill makes any sex offense (including crimes against minors) or conspiracy to commit a sex offense a basis for deportation. The bill also expands the domestic violence crimes that make a non-U.S. national deportable to include physical or sexual abuse or a pattern of coercive behavior when it occurs within certain close relationships.

Recorded votes 1

Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.

Roll call	Question	Result	Date
House 429	On Passage	Passed266–158	Sep 18, 2024

Cosponsors 6

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 9, 2024 to May 22, 2024; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-AZ	Andy Biggs	Original	Apr 9, 2024
R-CO	Lauren Boebert	Original	Apr 9, 2024
R-MD	Andy Harris		Apr 11, 2024
R-FL	Laurel M. Lee		May 21, 2024
R-PA	Scott Perry		May 22, 2024
R-TX	Troy E. Nehls		May 22, 2024

Committees 2

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

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Judiciary Committee	Referred Apr 9, 2024Markup May 22, 2024Reported Sep 6, 2024
Senate	Judiciary Committee	Referred Sep 19, 2024

Actions 16

Everything that happened, newest first.

Sep 19, 2024Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Sep 18, 2024Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1455. (consideration: CR H5354-5358)
Sep 18, 2024Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3724, H.R. 4790, H.R. 5179, H.R. 5339, H.R. 5717, H.R. 7909 and H.J. Res. 136. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 3724 and H.R. 5717 under a structured rule and H.R. 4790, H.R. 5179, H.R. 5339, H.R. 7909, and H.J. Res. 136 under a closed rule. The resolution provides for one hour of general debate and one motion to recommit on each measure.
Sep 18, 2024DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 7909.
Sep 18, 2024The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
Sep 18, 2024POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 7909, the Chair put the question on passage of the bill and by voice vote announced that the ayes had prevailed. Ms. Lee (FL) demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
Sep 18, 2024Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5372-5373)
Sep 18, 2024Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 266 - 158 (Roll no. 429). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H5354)
Sep 18, 2024Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Sep 17, 2024Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1455 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3724, H.R. 4790, H.R. 5179, H.R. 5339, H.R. 5717, H.R. 7909 and H.J. Res. 136. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 3724 and H.R. 5717 under a structured rule and H.R. 4790, H.R. 5179, H.R. 5339, H.R. 7909, and H.J. Res. 136 under a closed rule. The resolution provides for one hour of general debate and one motion to recommit on each measure.
Sep 6, 2024Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 118-650.
Sep 6, 2024Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 547.
May 22, 2024Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
May 22, 2024Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 19 - 6.
Apr 9, 2024Introduced in House
Apr 9, 2024Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

In the Congressional Record 3

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	Debate and remarks H5809	Blake D. Moore R-UT	Sep 25, 2024
House	Debate and remarks H5512	Nicholas A. Langworthy R-NY	Sep 19, 2024
House	Debate and remarks H5329–H5340, H5354–H5358Text printed H5329, H5354Amendments H5338Recorded votes H5339, H5340, H5372consideration (H. Res. 1455), previous questionenact	Erin Houchin R-IN, Guy Reschenthaler R-PA, James P. McGovern D-MA (amendment), Jerrold Nadler D-NY, Jesús G. "Chuy" García D-IL, Laurel M. Lee R-FL, Marcus J. Molinaro R-NY, Michael C. Burgess R-TX, Michelle Fischbach R-MN, Nancy Mace R-SC, Pramila Jayapal D-WA, Ralph Norman R-SC, Tom McClintock R-CA, Veronica Escobar D-TX	Sep 18, 2024

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

H. Rept. 118-650

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

Jun 20, 2024H.R. 7909, Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on May 22, 2024

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To provide that aliens who have been convicted of or who have committed sex offenses or domestic violence are inadmissible and deportable.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 170, no. 60, April 9, 2024, page H2252.

Amendments 1

Amendments offered to this bill.

Amendment	Description	Offered by	Status
HAmdt 1196	Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1455, in lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary, an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 118-47 is considered adopted.	Rules Committee	On agreeing to the Rules amendment (A001) Agreed to without objection.

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HRES 1455	Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3724) to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit recognized accrediting agencies and associations from requiring, encouraging, or coercing institutions of higher education to meet any political litmus test or violate any right protected by the Constitution as a condition of accreditation; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4790) to amend the Federal securities laws with respect to the materiality of disclosure requirements, to establish the Public Company Advisory Committee, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5179) to require the maintenance of the country of origin markings for imported goods produced in the West Bank or Gaza, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5339) to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to specify requirements concerning the consideration of pecuniary and non-pecuniary factors, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5717) to provide that sanctuary jurisdictions that provide benefits to aliens who are present in the United States without lawful status under the immigration laws are ineligible for Federal funds intended to benefit such aliens; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7909) to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that aliens who have been convicted of or who have committed sex offenses or domestic violence are inadmissible and deportable; and providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 136) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Multi-Pollutant Emissions Standards for Model Years 2027 and Later Light-Duty and Medium-Duty Vehicles".	Related bill	Sep 18, 2024

Titles 5

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

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that aliens who have been convicted of or who have committed sex offenses or domestic violence are inadmissible and deportable.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act
Short Title(s) as Reported to House: Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act
Short Title(s) as Passed House: Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act
Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text: Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act

Subjects

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

Text 4

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Sep 19, 2024Referred in Senate
Sep 18, 2024Engrossed in House
Sep 6, 2024Reported in House
Apr 9, 2024Introduced in House

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