I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1588 
To prohibit the intentional hindering of immigration, border, and customs 
controls, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 24, 2015 
Ms. MCSALLY (for herself, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. 
SCHWEIKERT, Mr. SALMON, Ms. SINEMA, and Mr. PEARCE) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To prohibit the intentional hindering of immigration, border, 
and customs controls, 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 ‘‘Transnational Crimi-
nal Organization Illicit Spotter Prevention and Elimi-
nation Act’’. 
SEC. 2. UNLAWFULLY HINDERING IMMIGRATION, BORDER, 
AND CUSTOMS CONTROLS. 
(a) ENHANCED PENALTIES.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 9 of title II of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1351 et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 295. UNLAWFULLY HINDERING IMMIGRATION, BOR-
DER, AND CUSTOMS CONTROLS. 
‘‘(a) ILLICIT SPOTTING.—Any person who knowingly 
transmits, by any means, to another person the location, 
movement, or activities of any Federal, State, local, or 
tribal law enforcement agency with the intent to further 
a Federal crime relating to United States immigration, 
customs, controlled substances, agriculture, monetary in-
struments, or other border controls shall be fined under 
title 18, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both. 
‘‘(b) DESTRUCTION
OF UNITED STATES BORDER 
CONTROLS.—Any person who knowingly and without law-
ful authorization destroys, alters, or damages any fence, 
barrier, sensor, camera, or other physical or electronic de-
vice deployed by the Federal Government to control the 
border or a port of entry or otherwise seeks to construct, 
excavate, or make any structure intended to defeat, cir-
cumvent, or evade any such fence, barrier, sensor camera, 
or other physical or electronic device deployed by the Fed-
eral Government to control the border or a port of entry— 
‘‘(1) shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned 
not more than 10 years, or both; and 
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‘‘(2) if, at the time of the offense, the person 
uses or carries a firearm or who, in furtherance of 
any such crime, possesses a firearm, that person 
shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned not more 
than 20 years, or both. 
‘‘(c) CONSPIRACY AND ATTEMPT.—Any person who 
attempts or conspires to violate subsection (a) or (b) shall 
be punished in the same manner as a person who com-
pletes a violation of such subsection.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents in the first section of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 294 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 295. Unlawfully hindering immigration, border, and customs controls.’’. 
(b) PROHIBITING CARRYING OR USE OF A FIREARM 
DURING AND IN RELATION TO AN ALIEN SMUGGLING 
CRIME.—Section 924(c) of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, 
alien smuggling crime,’’ after ‘‘crime of vio-
lence’’ each place that term appears; and 
(B) in subparagraph (D)(ii), by inserting 
‘‘, alien smuggling crime,’’ after ‘‘crime of vio-
lence’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
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