I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 74 
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to detain any alien who 
is unlawfully present in the United States and is arrested for certain 
criminal offenses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 3, 2019 
Mr. BIGGS (for himself, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. BROOKS of Alabama, Mr. MCKIN-
LEY, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. 
PALMER, and Mr. EMMER) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to detain 
any alien who is unlawfully present in the United States 
and is arrested for certain criminal offenses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Grant’s Law’’. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
23:00 Jan 09, 2019
Jkt 089200
PO 00000
Frm 00001
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H74.IH
H74
kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS
SEC. 2. MANDATORY DETENTION FOR CERTAIN ALIENS AR-
RESTED FOR THE COMMISSION OF CERTAIN 
OFFENSES. 
Section 236(c) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1226(c)(1)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘or’’ 
at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (D), by adding ‘‘or’’ 
at the end; and 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (D) 
the following: 
‘‘(E) is— 
‘‘(i) determined by the Secretary of 
Homeland 
Security 
to 
be 
unlawfully 
present in the United States; and 
‘‘(ii) arrested for any offense de-
scribed in subparagraphs (A) through (D) 
the conviction of which would render the 
alien inadmissible under section 212(a) or 
deportable under section 237(a),’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘The Attorney General’’ 
and inserting the following: 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
23:00 Jan 09, 2019
Jkt 089200
PO 00000
Frm 00002
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H74.IH
H74
kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), the Secretary of Homeland 
Security’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘the Attorney General’’ 
each place such term appears and inserting 
‘‘the Secretary’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) ARRESTED
BUT
NOT
CONVICTED 
ALIENS.—The Secretary of Homeland Security 
may release any alien held pursuant to para-
graph (1)(E) to the appropriate authority for 
any proceedings subsequent to the arrest. The 
Secretary shall resume custody of the alien dur-
ing any period pending the final disposition of 
any such proceedings that the alien is not in 
the custody of such appropriate authority. If 
the alien is not convicted of the offense for 
which the alien was arrested, the Secretary 
shall continue to detain the alien until removal 
proceedings are completed.’’. 
SEC. 
3. 
EXPEDITED 
INITIATION 
OF 
REMOVAL 
PRO-
CEEDINGS. 
Section 239(d) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1229(d)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
23:00 Jan 09, 2019
Jkt 089200
PO 00000
Frm 00003
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H74.IH
H74
kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS
‘‘(3) In the case of any alien held pursuant to 
section 236(c)(1)(E), the Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity shall complete removal proceedings by not 
later than 90 days after such alien is detained.’’. 
Æ 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
23:00 Jan 09, 2019
Jkt 089200
PO 00000
Frm 00004
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6301
E:\BILLS\H74.IH
H74
kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS