I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5526 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for certain sentencing 
enhancements relating to illegal reentry offenses, and to clarify the man-
ner in which sentences for such offenses are to be served, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 17, 2018 
Mr. RATCLIFFE (for himself, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. HENSARLING, Mr. 
KING of Iowa, Mr. WALKER, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. BARLETTA, Mr. BABIN, Mr. 
GOSAR, Mr. DUNN, Mr. WOMACK, Mr. ARRINGTON, Mr. BURGESS, and 
Mr. ROKITA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for certain 
sentencing enhancements relating to illegal reentry of-
fenses, and to clarify the manner in which sentences 
for such offenses are to be served, and for other pur-
poses. 
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 ‘‘Peter, Ellie, and Gray-
son Victims of Illegal Criminal Entry Act of 2018’’ or as 
the ‘‘VOICES Act of 2018’’. 
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SEC. 2. DIRECTIVES TO THE SENTENCING COMMISSION. 
Pursuant to its authority under section 994(p) of title 
28, United States Code, and in accordance with this sec-
tion, the United States Sentencing Commission shall re-
view and amend— 
(1) its guidelines and its policy statements ap-
plicable to persons convicted of an offense who are 
aliens who are not lawfully present in the United 
States, to provide that such unlawful presence be 
considered an aggravating factor for any Federal 
criminal offense; and 
(2) its guidelines and its policy statements ap-
plicable to persons convicted of an offense under sec-
tion 276 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1326) to provide that any criminal offense 
committed after such a person unlawfully reenters, 
attempts to reenter, or is found in the United States 
be considered an aggravating factor with regard to 
such offense under section 276. 
SEC. 3. SERVICE OF A TERM OF IMPRISONMENT FOR UN-
LAWFUL REENTRY. 
Section 3584 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) CERTAIN IMMIGRATION OFFENSES.—In the 
case of any defendant who is convicted of an offense under 
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section 276 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1326)— 
‘‘(1) if that defendant has committed any other 
offense while unlawfully present in the United 
States, the Federal term of imprisonment for the of-
fense under such section 276 may not be concurrent 
with any State term of imprisonment for such other 
offense; and 
‘‘(2) no time served in a State facility or in any 
facility other than a facility administered by the Bu-
reau of Prisons may be credited toward the service 
of the term of imprisonment for the offense under 
such section 276.’’. 
SEC. 4. REENTRY OF REMOVED ALIENS. 
Section 276(b) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1326(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(5) who, subsequent to removal and unlawful 
reentry, is determined by a criminal court of com-
petent jurisdiction to have committed an act that re-
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