Immigration and Customs Enforcement Authorization Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2406
Sponsor: Rep. Goodlatte, Bob [R-VA-6]
Introduced: 2017-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Customs enforcement
Department of Homeland Security
Detention of persons
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Immigration status and procedures
Law enforcement officers
Lawyers and legal services
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: 

 Immigration and Customs Enforcement Authorization Act
 
of 2017

 
This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to: (1) establish, by statute, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS); (2) establish within ICE the Offices of Homeland Security Investigations, Enforcement and Removal Operations, Principal Legal Advisor, Management and Administration, and Professional Responsibility; and (3) remove references to the Bureau of Border Security.
 
 DHS shall: (1) authorize all deportation officers who have successfully completed basic immigration law enforcement training to exercise specified powers to arrest or to execute warrants for administrative and criminal arrests, and to carry firearms; (2) increase the number of ICE detention enforcement officers, deportation officers, and prosecutors; and (3) establish a pilot program for in-field electronic processing of documents, placing detainers, and collecting biometric identification data.
 
 The bill establishes: (1) a Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement Office, and (2) an ICE Advisory Council. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 15 - 8.
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-05-23
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Ways and Means, 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: 2017-05-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Ways and Means, 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: 2017-05-11
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Ways and Means, 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: 2017-05-11
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Ways and Means, 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: 2017-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-11
text: Introduced in House