I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1148 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to improve immigration 
law enforcement within the interior of the United States, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 27, 2015 
Mr. GOWDY (for himself, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. COLLINS 
of Georgia, Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. FORBES, Mr. CARTER of Texas, and 
Mr. CHABOT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Home-
land Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to improve 
immigration law enforcement within the interior of the 
United States, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Michael Davis, Jr. in 
Honor of State and Local Law Enforcement Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 
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Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
TITLE I—IMMIGRATION LAW ENFORCEMENT BY STATES AND 
LOCALITIES 
Sec. 101. Definitions and severability. 
Sec. 102. Immigration law enforcement by States and localities. 
Sec. 103. Listing of immigration violators in the national crime information 
center database. 
Sec. 104. Technology access. 
Sec. 105. State and local law enforcement provision of information about appre-
hended aliens. 
Sec. 106. Financial assistance to State and local police agencies that assist in 
the enforcement of immigration laws. 
Sec. 107. Increased Federal detention space. 
Sec. 108. Federal custody of inadmissible and deportable aliens in the United 
States apprehended by State or local law enforcement. 
Sec. 109. Training of State and local law enforcement personnel relating to the 
enforcement of immigration laws. 
Sec. 110. Immunity. 
Sec. 111. Criminal alien identification program. 
Sec. 112. Clarification of congressional intent. 
Sec. 113. State criminal alien assistance program (SCAAP). 
Sec. 114. State violations of enforcement of immigration laws. 
Sec. 115. Clarifying the authority of ICE detainers. 
TITLE II—NATIONAL SECURITY 
Sec. 201. Removal of, and denial of benefits to, terrorist aliens. 
Sec. 202. Terrorist bar to good moral character. 
Sec. 203. Terrorist bar to naturalization. 
Sec. 204. Denaturalization for terrorists. 
Sec. 205. Use of 1986 IRCA legalization information for national security pur-
poses. 
Sec. 206. Background and security checks. 
Sec. 207. Technical amendments relating to the Intelligence Reform and Ter-
rorism Prevention Act of 2004. 
TITLE III—REMOVAL OF CRIMINAL ALIENS 
Sec. 301. Definition of aggravated felony. 
Sec. 302. Precluding admissibility of aliens convicted of aggravated felonies or 
other serious offenses. 
Sec. 303. Espionage clarification. 
Sec. 304. Prohibition of the sale of firearms to, or the possession of firearms 
by, certain aliens. 
Sec. 305. Uniform statute of limitations for certain immigration, naturalization, 
and peonage offenses. 
Sec. 306. Conforming amendment to the definition of racketeering activity. 
Sec. 307. Conforming amendments for the aggravated felony definition. 
Sec. 308. Precluding refugee or asylee adjustment of status for aggravated fel-
ons. 
Sec. 309. Precluding withholding of removal for aggravated felons. 
Sec. 310. Inadmissibility, deportability, and detention of drunk drivers. 
Sec. 311. Detention of dangerous aliens. 
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Sec. 312. Grounds of inadmissibility and deportability for alien gang members. 
Sec. 313. Extension of identity theft offenses. 
Sec. 314. Laundering of monetary instruments. 
Sec. 315. Penalties for illegal entry or presence. 
Sec. 316. Illegal reentry. 
Sec. 317. Reform of passport, visa, and immigration fraud offenses. 
Sec. 318. Forfeiture. 
Sec. 319. Expedited removal for aliens inadmissible on criminal or security 
grounds. 
Sec. 320. Increased penalties barring the admission of convicted sex offenders 
failing to register and requiring deportation of sex offenders 
failing to register. 
Sec. 321. Protecting immigrants from convicted sex offenders. 
Sec. 322. Clarification to crimes of violence and crimes involving moral turpi-
tude. 
Sec. 323. Penalties for failure to obey removal orders. 
Sec. 324. Pardons. 
Sec. 325. Convictions. 
TITLE IV—VISA SECURITY 
Sec. 401. Cancellation of additional visas. 
Sec. 402. Visa information sharing. 
Sec. 403. Restricting waiver of visa interviews. 
Sec. 404. Authorizing the Department of State to not interview certain ineli-
gible visa applicants. 
Sec. 405. Visa refusal and revocation. 
Sec. 406. Funding for the visa security program. 
Sec. 407. Expeditious expansion of visa security program to high-risk posts. 
Sec. 408. Expedited clearance and placement of Department of Homeland Se-
curity personnel at overseas embassies and consular posts. 
Sec. 409. Accreditation requirements. 
Sec. 410. Visa fraud. 
Sec. 411. Background checks. 
Sec. 412. Number of designated school officials. 
Sec. 413. Reporting requirement. 
Sec. 414. Flight schools not certified by FAA. 
Sec. 415. Revocation of accreditation. 
Sec. 416. Report on risk assessment. 
Sec. 417. Implementation of GAO recommendations. 
Sec. 418. Implementation of SEVIS II. 
Sec. 419. Definitions. 
TITLE V—AID TO U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS 
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS 
Sec. 501. ICE immigration enforcement agents. 
Sec. 502. ICE detention enforcement officers. 
Sec. 503. Ensuring the safety of ICE officers and agents. 
Sec. 504. ICE Advisory Council. 
Sec. 505. Pilot program for electronic field processing. 
Sec. 506. Additional ICE deportation officers and support staff. 
Sec. 507. Additional ICE prosecutors. 
TITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS 
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Sec. 601. Timely repatriation. 
Sec. 602. Encouraging aliens to depart voluntarily. 
Sec. 603. Deterring aliens ordered removed from remaining in the United 
States unlawfully. 
Sec. 604. Reinstatement of removal orders. 
Sec. 605. Clarification with respect to definition of admission. 
Sec. 606. Reports to Congress on the exercise and abuse of prosecutorial discre-
tion. 
Sec. 607. Certain activities restricted. 
Sec. 608. GAO study on deaths in custody. 
Sec. 609. Removal proceedings. 
TITLE I—IMMIGRATION LAW EN-
FORCEMENT BY STATES AND 
LOCALITIES 
SEC. 101. DEFINITIONS AND SEVERABILITY. 
(a) STATE DEFINED.—For the purposes of this title, 
the term ‘‘State’’ has the meaning given to such term in 
section 101(a)(36) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(36)). 
(b) SECRETARY DEFINED.—For the purpose of this 
title, the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of Home-
land Security. 
(c) SEVERABILITY.—If any provision of this title, or 
the application of such provision to any person or cir-
cumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of this title, and 
the application of such provision to other persons not simi-
larly situated or to other circumstances, shall not be af-
fected by such invalidation. 
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SEC. 102. IMMIGRATION LAW ENFORCEMENT BY STATES 
AND LOCALITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to section 274A(h)(2) of 
the 
Immigration 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1324a(h)(2)), States, or political subdivisions of States, 
may enact, implement and enforce criminal penalties that 
penalize the same conduct that is prohibited in the crimi-
nal provisions of immigration laws (as defined in section 
101(a)(17) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1101(a)(17))), as long as the criminal penalties do 
not exceed the relevant Federal criminal penalties (without 
regard to ancillary issues such as the availability of proba-
tion or pardon). States, or political subdivisions of States, 
may enact, implement and enforce civil penalties that pe-
nalize the same conduct that is prohibited in the civil pro-
visions of immigration laws (as defined in such section 
101(a)(17)), as long as the civil penalties do not exceed 
the relevant Federal civil penalties. 
(b) LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL.—Subject to 
section 274A(h)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(h)(2)), law enforcement personnel of 
a State, or of a political subdivision of a State, may inves-
tigate, identify, apprehend, arrest, detain, or transfer to 
Federal custody aliens for the purposes of enforcing the 
immigration laws of the United States to the same extent 
as Federal law enforcement personnel. Law enforcement 
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personnel of a State, or of a political subdivision of a 
State, may also investigate, identify, apprehend, arrest, or 
detain aliens for the purposes of enforcing the immigration 
laws of a State or of a political subdivision of State, as 
long as those immigration laws are permissible under this 
section. Law enforcement personnel of a State, or of a po-
litical subdivision of a State, may not admit aliens to or 
remove them from the United States. 
SEC. 103. LISTING OF IMMIGRATION VIOLATORS IN THE NA-
TIONAL CRIME INFORMATION CENTER DATA-
BASE. 
(a) PROVISION OF INFORMATION TO THE NCIC.— 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act and periodically thereafter as updates may re-
quire, the Secretary shall provide the National Crime In-
formation Center of the Department of Justice with all 
information that the Secretary may possess regarding any 
alien against whom a final order of removal has been 
issued, any alien who has entered into a voluntary depar-
ture agreement, any alien who has overstayed their au-
thorized period of stay, and any alien whose visa has been 
revoked. The National Crime Information Center shall 
enter such information into the Immigration Violators File 
of the National Crime Information Center database, re-
gardless of whether— 
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(1) the alien received notice of a final order of 
removal; 
(2) the alien has already been removed; or 
(3) sufficient identifying information is avail-
able with respect to the alien. 
(b) INCLUSION
OF INFORMATION
IN
THE NCIC 
DATABASE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 534(a) of title 28, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 
paragraph (5); and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (3) the 
following: 
‘‘(4) acquire, collect, classify, and preserve 
records of violations by aliens of the immigration 
laws of the United States, regardless of whether any 
such alien has received notice of the violation or 
whether sufficient identifying information is avail-
able with respect to any such alien or whether any 
such alien has already been removed from the 
United States; and’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The Attorney General 
and the Secretary shall ensure that the amendment 
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made by paragraph (1) is implemented by not later 
than 6 months after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
SEC. 104. TECHNOLOGY ACCESS. 
States shall have access to Federal programs or tech-
nology directed broadly at identifying inadmissible or de-
portable aliens. 
SEC. 105. STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT PROVI-
SION 
OF 
INFORMATION 
ABOUT 
APPRE-
HENDED ALIENS. 
(a) PROVISION
OF INFORMATION.—In compliance 
with section 642(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and 
Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1373) 
and section 434 of the Personal Responsibility and Work 
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1644), 
each State, and each political subdivision of a State, shall 
provide the Secretary of Homeland Security in a timely 
manner with the information specified in subsection (b) 
with respect to each alien apprehended in the jurisdiction 
of the State, or in the political subdivision of the State, 
who is believed to be inadmissible or deportable. 
(b) INFORMATION REQUIRED.—The information re-
ferred to in subsection (a) is as follows: 
(1) The alien’s name. 
(2) The alien’s address or place of residence. 
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