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H.R. 2431: Michael Davis, Jr. and Danny Oliver in Honor of State and Local Law Enforcement Act

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H.R. 2431: Michael Davis, Jr. and Danny Oliver in Honor of State and Local Law Enforcement Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-05-16 · Immigration · Latest: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 19 - 13.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-05-16 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Labrador, Raul R. [R-ID-1] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 19 - 13. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Michael Davis, Jr. and Danny Oliver in Honor of State and Local Law Enforcement Act

Plain summary

Michael Davis, Jr. and Danny Oliver in Honor of State and Local Law Enforcement Act This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act and related federal law with respect to immigration law enforcement within the United States. The bill authorizes: (1) states and localities to enact and enforce criminal penalties for immigration violations; and (2) state and local law enforcement personnel to investigate, arrest, and transfer aliens to federal custody. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shall: (1) make grants to states and localities for equipment, technology, and facilities; (2) construct or acquire additional domestic detention facilities for aliens pending removal; and (3) expand to all states a program that provides for the identification and removal of detained criminal aliens. The bill provides for: (1) federal custody of inadmissible or deportable aliens upon state or local request, and (2) personal liability immunity for state or local personnel enforcing immigration laws. States and localities shall: (1) notify the federal government of inadmissible or removable aliens encountered by law enforcement personnel, and (2) comply with federal law enforcement information requests. Specified federal assistance is denied to a state or locality that prohibits cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. The bill: (1) revises certain terrorism-related requirements and prohibitions with respect to benefits, naturalization and denaturalization, asylum, voluntary departure, and removal; (2) adds new grounds of inadmissibility and deportability; (3) establishes probable cause standards for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainers; (4) provides for increases in immigration enforcement personnel; (5) prescribes visa security provisions; (6) authorizes DHS to designate groups as criminal gangs and makes alien gang members inadmissible or deportable; (7) establishes an ICE Advisory Council; and (8) prescribes criminal alien removal provisions.

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Official text

Michael Davis, Jr. and Danny Oliver in Honor of State and Local Law Enforcement Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Labrador, Raul R. [R-ID-1] · 42 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

John R. Carter (R-TX), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX), Rick W. Allen (R-GA), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Michael T. McCaul (R-TX), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Jim Banks (R-IN), Andy Barr (R-KY), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Mike Johnson (R-LA), Jim Jordan (R-OH), Scott Perry (R-PA), Sam Graves (R-MO), Ralph Norman (R-SC)

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Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Securities
Financial investments that can be bought and sold, such as stocks and bonds.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr2431 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115