S. 45: Kate's Law
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S. 45: Kate's Law
115th Congress · introduced 2017-01-05 · Immigration · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2017-01-05 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Kate's Law
Plain summary
Stop Illegal Reentry Act or Kate's Law This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase from two years to five years the maximum prison term for an alien who re-enters after being excluded, denied admission, deported, or removed. The bill establishes: a 10-year maximum prison term for an alien who re-enters after being denied admission, excluded, deported, or removed on three or more prior occasions; and a 5-year mandatory minimum prison term for an alien who re-enters after being removed following a conviction for an aggravated felony or following two or more prior convictions for illegal re-entry.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] · 16 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Ron Johnson (R-WI), Roger F. Wicker (R-MS), John Boozman (R-AR), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] reported raising $12.4 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115s45.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/s>
Record fed-us-cong115-s45 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115