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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1496 

To require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to take into custody 

certain aliens who have been charged in the United States with a crime 

that resulted in the death or serious bodily injury of another person, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 2, 2021 

Mr. FEENSTRA (for himself, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. BROOKS, Mr. BABIN, 

Mr. CAWTHORN, Mrs. HINSON, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. BUCK, 

Mr. HICE of Georgia, Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, Mr. HAGEDORN, and 

Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to 

take into custody certain aliens who have been charged 

in the United States with a crime that resulted in the 

death or serious bodily injury of another person, and 

for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as ‘‘Sarah’s Law’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. MANDATORY DETENTION OF CERTAIN ALIENS 

2 CHARGED WITH A CRIME RESULTING IN 

3 DEATH OR SERIOUS BODILY INJURY. 

4 Section 236(c) of the Immigration and Nationality 

5 Act (8 U.S.C. 1226(c)) is amended— 

6 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

7 (A) in subparagraphs (A) and (B), by 

8 striking the comma at the end of each subpara9 graph and inserting a semicolon; 

10 (B) in subparagraph (C)— 

11 (i) by striking ‘‘sentence’’ and insert12 ing ‘‘sentenced’’; and 

13 (ii) by striking ‘‘, or’’ and inserting a 

14 semicolon; 

15 (C) in subparagraph (D), by striking the 

16 comma at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

17 (D) by inserting after subparagraph (D) 

18 the following: 

19 ‘‘(E)(i)(I) was not inspected and admitted 

20 into the United States; 

21 ‘‘(II) held a nonimmigrant visa (or other 

22 documentation authorizing admission into the 

23 United States as a nonimmigrant) that has 

24 been revoked under section 221(i); or 

25 ‘‘(III) is described in section 

26 237(a)(1)(C)(i); and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) has been charged by a prosecuting au2 thority in the United States with any crime 

3 that resulted in the death or serious bodily in4 jury (as defined in section 1365(h)(3) of title 

5 18, United States Code) of another person,’’; 

6 and 

7 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(3) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—Upon en9 countering or gaining knowledge of an alien de10 scribed in paragraph (1), the Assistant Secretary of 

11 Homeland Security for Immigration and Customs 

12 Enforcement shall make reasonable efforts— 

13 ‘‘(A) to obtain information from law en14 forcement agencies and from other available 

15 sources regarding the identity of any victims of 

16 the crimes for which such alien was charged or 

17 convicted; and 

18 ‘‘(B) to provide the victim or, if the victim 

19 is deceased, a parent, guardian, spouse, or clos20 est living relative of such victim, with informa21 tion, on a timely and ongoing basis, including— 

22 ‘‘(i) the alien’s full name, aliases, date 

23 of birth, and country of nationality; 

24 ‘‘(ii) the alien’s immigration status 

25 and criminal history; 


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1 ‘‘(iii) the alien’s custody status and 

2 any changes related to the alien’s custody; 

3 and 

4 ‘‘(iv) a description of any efforts by 

5 the United States Government to remove 

6 the alien from the United States.’’. 

7 SEC. 3. SAVINGS PROVISION. 

8 Nothing in this Act, or the amendments made by this 

9 Act, may be construed to limit the rights of crime victims 

10 under any other provision of law, including section 3771 

11 of title 18, United States Code. 

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