Voter Integrity Protection Act

Bill: 117-hr-37
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2021-01-04
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration

Congressional elections

Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Fraud offenses and financial crimes

Immigration status and procedures
Latest action: action_date: 2021-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-01-04
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Voter Integrity Protection Act</b></p> <p>This bill imposes additional immigration-related penalties for aliens who vote in an election for federal office.</p> <p> It shall be an aggravated felony for an alien who is unlawfully present to violate an existing prohibition against an alien voting in a federal election. (An aggravated felony conviction carries various immigration consequences, such as rendering the alien inadmissible, deportable, and barred from establishing good moral character for naturalization.)</p> <p>An alien who is unlawfully present and who knowingly violates the prohibition against voting in a federal election shall be deportable.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 37 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 4, 2021 Mr. Biggs introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to make voting in a Federal election by an unlawfully present alien an aggravated felony, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Voter Integrity Protection Act . 2. Unlawful voting (a) Aggravated felony Section 101(a)(43) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(43) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (T), by striking and at the end; (2) in subparagraph (U), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (V) an offense described in section 611 of title 18, United States Code, committed by an alien who is unlawfully present in the United States. . (b) Deportable offense Section 237(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (G) Voting offenses Any alien who is unlawfully present in the United States and who knowingly commits a violation of section 611 of title 18, United States Code, is deportable. .