H.R. 3165: Safer DC Act of 2015
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H.R. 3165: Safer DC Act of 2015
114th Congress · introduced 2015-07-22 · Immigration · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2015-07-22 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Safer DC Act of 2015
Plain summary
Safer DC Act of 2015 This bill requires the District of Columbia, upon an individual's arrest, to give the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) information necessary to determine the individual's citizenship and immigration status, including name, aliases, and fingerprints. Upon receiving this information DHS shall: issue a detainer requiring the District to detain the alien for up to 48 hours after the conclusion of any criminal or other legal proceeding under District law, or after completion of any term of imprisonment to which the alien may be sentenced under District law; and take the alien into custody upon release from District custody. Upon receipt of a DHS detainer the District shall hold an arrested alien for up to 48 hours: (1) following conclusion of the District's charging or dismissal proceeding, or (2) after the alien has completed the his or her sentence. If DHS fails to issue a detainer, no DHS political appointee may perform certain functions until the alien in question has been taken into custody. Any District officer, acting in his or her official capacity, who knowingly violates the notification or detention requirements under this Act shall pay a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 for each such violation.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Official text
Safer DC Act of 2015
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1] · 8 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Tom McClintock (R-CA), Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA), Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ), Austin Scott (R-GA)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr3165.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>
Record fed-us-cong114-hr3165 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114