Title: Establishing Mandatory Minimums for Illegal Reentry Act of 2019
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
Kate's Law or the Establishing Mandatory Minimums for Illegal Reentry Act of 2019
This bill imposes a mandatory minimum five-year prison term (not more than six years) upon removed aliens who unlawfully reenter the United States.
The bill also imposes mandatory minimum prison terms upon removed aliens convicted of certain serious crimes, including three or more misdemeanors involving drugs or an aggravated felony as defined by the immigration law.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 384 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 384

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase the penalties 
  applicable to aliens who unlawfully reenter the United States after 
                             being removed.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 9, 2019

 Mr. King of Iowa (for himself, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Jones, Mr. Gosar, Mr. 
Duncan, Mr. Zeldin, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mr. 
Hice of Georgia, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Brooks of Alabama, and Mr. 
Kelly of Mississippi) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase the penalties 
  applicable to aliens who unlawfully reenter the United States after 
                             being removed.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as ``Kate's Law'' or as the ``Establishing 
Mandatory Minimums for Illegal Reentry Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. INCREASED PENALTIES FOR REENTRY OF REMOVED ALIENS.

    Section 276 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1326) 
is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), in the matter following paragraph 
        (2) by striking ``fined under title 18, United States Code, or 
        imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both'' and inserting 
        ``imprisoned not less than 5 years and not more than 6 years''; 
        and
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``fined under 
                title 18, United States Code, imprisoned not more than 
                10 years, or both'' and inserting ``imprisoned not less 
                than 5 and not more than 10 years, and may, in 
                addition, be fined under title 18, United States 
                Code'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``fined under 
                such title, imprisoned not more than 20 years, or 
                both'' and inserting ``imprisoned not less than 5 and 
                not more than 20 years and may, in addition, be fined 
                under such title''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (4), by striking ``fined under 
                title 18, United States Code, imprisoned for not more 
                than 10 years, or both'' and inserting ``imprisoned for 
                not less than 5 and not more than 10 years and may, in 
                addition, be fined under such title''.
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