Transnational Criminal Organization Illicit Spotter Prevention and Elimination Act

Bill: 115-hr-1741
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. McSally, Martha [R-AZ-2]
Introduced: 2017-03-27
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration

Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation

Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Firearms and explosives

Law enforcement administration and funding

Smuggling and trafficking
Latest action: action_date: 2017-04-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-03-27
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Transnational Criminal Organization Illicit Spotter Prevention and Elimination Act</strong></p> <p>This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit: (1) transmitting to another person the location, movement, or activities of law enforcement agents while intending to further a federal crime relating to U.S. immigration; (2) destroying, altering, or damaging any physical or electronic device used by the federal government to control the border or any port of entry; or (3) carrying or using a firearm in an alien smuggling crime.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1741 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 27, 2017 Ms. McSally (for herself, Mr. Pearce , Mr. Franks of Arizona , Ms. Sinema , Mr. Gosar , and Mr. Schweikert ) 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Transnational Criminal Organization Illicit Spotter Prevention and Elimination Act . 2. Unlawfully hindering immigration, border, and customs controls (a) Enhanced penalties (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: 295. Unlawfully hindering immigration, border, 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 instruments, 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 lawful authorization destroys, alters, or damages any fence, barrier, sensor, camera, or other physical or electronic device 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, circumvent, or evade any such fence, barrier, sensor camera, or other physical or electronic device deployed by the Federal 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 (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 completes a violation of such subsection. . (2) Clerical amendment The table of contents in the first section of the Immigration and Nationality 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 violence each place that term appears; and (B) in subparagraph (D)(ii), by inserting , alien smuggling crime, after crime of violence ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (6) For purposes of this subsection, the term alien smuggling crime means any felony punishable under section 274(a), 277, or 278 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1324(a) , 1327, and 1328). . (c) Statute of limitations Section 3298 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting , 295, 296, or 297 after 274(a) .