Scott Gardner Act

Bill: 110-hr-1355
Sponsor: Rep. Myrick, Sue Wilkins [R-NC-9]
Introduced: 2007-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Aliens
Arrest
Building construction
Compensation (Law)
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal aliens
Criminal justice information
Data banks
Deportation
Detention of persons
Drug abuse
Drug testing
Drunk driving
Economics and Public Finance
Employee training
Federal aid to law enforcement
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Illegal aliens
Imprisonment
Informers
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Labor and Employment
Law
Law enforcement officers
Local employees
Local officials
Police
Police communication systems
Police training
Prisons
Science, Technology, Communications
State employees
State laws
State officials
Transportation and Public Works
Witnesses

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-06
text: 
Scott Gardner Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to share immigration information with the Attorney General. Requires a joint report from such officials to Congress on improving the performance of federal immigration databases to ensure the prompt entry of immigration information.
 
Requires: (1) the director of each state and local law enforcement agency to collect and report to the Secretary all immigration and DWI (driving while intoxicated) information collected in the course of normal duties; (2) such information to appear as a flag on the wants/warrants page of the National Criminal Information Center (NCIC) database; and (3) state or local detention of an arrested flagged alien pending federal transfer.
 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) require the Secretary to reimburse the costs of training state and local law enforcement employees on federal immigration laws; and (2) authorize the apprehension and detention of an alien for DWI or a similar violation, as long as the alien is deportable on any other grounds or is an illegal alien. Requires each state motor vehicle administrator to share with the Secretary all information concerning aliens with records of DWI convictions or refusals to take sobriety tests.
 
Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress a formula for the allocation of federal detention facilities for aliens.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Assessment.
action_date: 2007-03-06
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-03-06
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-03-06
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-03-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2169)
action_date: 2007-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-06
text: Introduced in House