I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1901 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for extensions 
of detention of certain aliens ordered removed, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 9, 2013 
Mr. SMITH of Texas (for himself and Mr. GOWDY) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide 
for extensions of detention of certain aliens ordered re-
moved, 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 ‘‘Keep Our Commu-
nities Safe Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. DETENTION OF DANGEROUS ALIENS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 241(a) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking out ‘‘Attorney General’’ each 
place it appears, except for the first reference in 
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subsection (a)(4)(B)(i), and inserting ‘‘Secretary of 
Homeland Security’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1), by amending subpara-
graph (B) to read as follows: 
‘‘(B) BEGINNING
OF
PERIOD.—The re-
moval period begins on the latest of the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(i) The date the order of removal be-
comes administratively final. 
‘‘(ii) If the alien is not in the custody 
of the Secretary on the date the order of 
removal becomes administratively final, the 
date the alien is taken into such custody. 
‘‘(iii) If the alien is detained or con-
fined (except under an immigration proc-
ess) on the date the order of removal be-
comes administratively final, the date the 
alien is taken into the custody of the Sec-
retary, after the alien is released from such 
detention or confinement.’’; 
(3) in paragraph (1), by amending subpara-
graph (C) to read as follows: 
‘‘(C) SUSPENSION OF PERIOD.— 
‘‘(i) EXTENSION.—The removal period 
shall be extended beyond a period of 90 
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days and the Secretary may, in the Sec-
retary’s sole discretion, keep the alien in 
detention during such extended period if— 
‘‘(I) the alien fails or refuses to 
make all reasonable efforts to comply 
with the removal order, or to fully co-
operate with the Secretary’s efforts to 
establish the alien’s identity and carry 
out the removal order, including mak-
ing timely application in good faith 
for travel or other documents nec-
essary to the alien’s departure or con-
spires or acts to prevent the alien’s 
removal that is subject to an order of 
removal; 
‘‘(II) a court, the Board of Immi-
gration Appeals, or an immigration 
judge orders a stay of removal of an 
alien who is subject to an administra-
tively final order of removal; 
‘‘(III) the Secretary transfers 
custody of the alien pursuant to law 
to another Federal agency or a State 
or local government agency in connec-
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tion with the official duties of such 
agency; or 
‘‘(IV) a court or the Board of 
Immigration Appeals orders a remand 
to an immigration judge or the Board 
of Immigration Appeals, during the 
time period when the case is pending 
a decision on remand (with the re-
moval period beginning anew on the 
date that the alien is ordered removed 
on remand). 
‘‘(ii) RENEWAL.—If the removal pe-
riod has been extended under clause (C)(i), 
a new removal period shall be deemed to 
have begun on the date— 
‘‘(I) the alien makes all reason-
able efforts to comply with the re-
moval order, or to fully cooperate with 
the Secretary’s efforts to establish the 
alien’s identity and carry out the re-
moval order; 
‘‘(II) the stay of removal is no 
longer in effect; or 
‘‘(III) the alien is returned to the 
custody of the Secretary. 
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‘‘(iii) MANDATORY
DETENTION
FOR 
CERTAIN ALIENS.—In the case of an alien 
described in subparagraphs (A) through 
(D) of section 236(c)(1), the Secretary 
shall keep that alien in detention during 
the extended period described in clause (i). 
‘‘(iv) SOLE
FORM
OF
RELIEF.—An 
alien may seek relief from detention under 
this subparagraph only by filing an appli-
cation for a writ of habeas corpus in ac-
cordance with chapter 153 of title 28, 
United States Code. No alien whose period 
of detention is extended under this sub-
paragraph shall have the right to seek re-
lease on bond.’’; 
(4) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) by adding after ‘‘If the alien does not 
leave or is not removed within the removal pe-
riod’’ the following: ‘‘or is not detained pursu-
ant to paragraph (6) of this subsection’’; and 
(B) by striking subparagraph (D) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(D) to obey reasonable restrictions on the 
alien’s conduct or activities that the Secretary 
prescribes for the alien, in order to prevent the 
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alien from absconding, for the protection of the 
community, or for other purposes related to the 
enforcement of the immigration laws.’’; 
(5) in paragraph (4)(A), by striking ‘‘paragraph 
(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (B)’’; and 
(6) by striking paragraph (6) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(6) ADDITIONAL RULES FOR DETENTION OR 
RELEASE OF CERTAIN ALIENS.— 
‘‘(A) DETENTION
REVIEW
PROCESS
FOR 
COOPERATIVE ALIENS ESTABLISHED.—For an 
alien who is not otherwise subject to mandatory 
detention, who has made all reasonable efforts 
to comply with a removal order and to cooper-
ate fully with the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity’s efforts to establish the alien’s identity and 
carry out the removal order, including making 
timely application in good faith for travel or 
other documents necessary to the alien’s depar-
ture, and who has not conspired or acted to 
prevent removal, the Secretary shall establish 
an administrative review process to determine 
whether the alien should be detained or released 
on conditions. The Secretary shall make a de-
termination whether to release an alien after 
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the removal period in accordance with subpara-
graph (B). The determination shall include con-
sideration of any evidence submitted by the 
alien, and may include consideration of any 
other evidence, including any information or as-
sistance provided by the Secretary of State or 
other Federal official and any other information 
available to the Secretary of Homeland Security 
pertaining to the ability to remove the alien. 
‘‘(B) AUTHORITY TO DETAIN BEYOND RE-
MOVAL PERIOD.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of 
Homeland Security, in the exercise of the 
Secretary’s sole discretion, may continue to 
detain an alien for 90 days beyond the re-
moval period (including any extension of 
the removal period as provided in para-
graph (1)(C)). An alien whose detention is 
extended under this subparagraph shall 
have no right to seek release on bond. 
‘‘(ii) SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES.—The 
Secretary of Homeland Security, in the ex-
ercise of the Secretary’s sole discretion, 
may continue to detain an alien beyond the 
90 days authorized in clause (i)— 
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‘‘(I) until the alien is removed, if 
the Secretary, in the Secretary’s sole 
discretion, determines that there is a 
significant likelihood that the alien— 
‘‘(aa) will be removed in the 
reasonably foreseeable future; or 
‘‘(bb) would be removed in 
the reasonably foreseeable future, 
or would have been removed, but 
for the alien’s failure or refusal 
to make all reasonable efforts to 
comply with the removal order, 
or to cooperate fully with the 
Secretary’s efforts to establish 
the alien’s identity and carry out 
the 
removal 
order, 
including 
making 
timely 
application 
in 
good faith for travel or other doc-
uments necessary to the alien’s 
departure, or conspires or acts to 
prevent removal; 
‘‘(II) until the alien is removed, 
if the Secretary of Homeland Security 
certifies in writing— 
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‘‘(aa) in consultation with 
the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, that the alien 
has a highly contagious disease 
that poses a threat to public safe-
ty; 
‘‘(bb) after receipt of a writ-
ten recommendation from the 
Secretary of State, that release 
of the alien is likely to have seri-
ous adverse foreign policy con-
sequences for the United States; 
‘‘(cc) based on information 
available to the Secretary of 
Homeland 
Security 
(including 
classified, sensitive, or national 
security information, and without 
regard to the grounds upon 
which the alien was ordered re-
moved), that there is reason to 
believe that the release of the 
alien would threaten the national 
security of the United States; or 
‘‘(dd) that the release of the 
alien will threaten the safety of 
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the community or any person, 
conditions of release cannot rea-
sonably be expected to ensure the 
safety of the community or any 
person, and either (AA) the alien 
has been convicted of one or 
more aggravated felonies (as de-
fined in section 101(a)(43)(A)) 
or of one or more crimes identi-
fied by the Secretary of Home-
land Security by regulation, or of 
one or more attempts or conspir-
acies to commit any such aggra-
vated felonies or such identified 
crimes, if the aggregate term of 
imprisonment for such attempts 
or conspiracies is at least 5 
years; or (BB) the alien has com-
mitted one or more crimes of vio-
lence (as defined in section 16 of 
title 18, United States Code, but 
not including a purely political 
offense) and, because of a mental 
condition or personality disorder 
and behavior associated with that 
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condition or disorder, the alien is 
likely to engage in acts of vio-
lence in the future; or 
‘‘(III) pending a certification 
under subclause (II), so long as the 
Secretary of Homeland Security has 
initiated the administrative review 
process not later than 30 days after 
the expiration of the removal period 
(including any extension of the re-
moval period, as provided in para-
graph (1)(C)). 
‘‘(iii) NO RIGHT TO BOND HEARING.— 
An alien whose detention is extended under 
this subparagraph shall have no right to 
seek release on bond, including by reason 
of a certification under clause (ii)(II). 
‘‘(C) RENEWAL AND DELEGATION OF CER-
TIFICATION.— 
‘‘(i) RENEWAL.—The Secretary of 
Homeland Security may renew a certifi-
cation 
under 
subparagraph 
(B)(ii)(II) 
every 6 months, after providing an oppor-
tunity for the alien to request reconsider-
ation of the certification and to submit 
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