H.R. 3242

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3242 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3242

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide additional 
criminal penalties for aliens who are unlawfully present in the United 
States and are convicted of crimes, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 7, 2025

Mr. Knott (for himself, Mr. Fry, Mr. Schmidt, Mr. Harrigan, Mr. 
Edwards, Mr. Harris of North Carolina, Mr. McDowell, Mr. Moore of North 
Carolina, Mr. Messmer, Mr. Onder, Mr. Nehls, Mr. Stutzman, Mr. Van 
Drew, Mr. Barr, Mr. Haridopolos, Mr. Stauber, Mr. Baumgartner, Mr. 
Collins, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Roy, Mr. Biggs of Arizona, Mr. Mast, Mr. 
Moore of Alabama, Mr. Evans of Colorado, Mr. McCormick, Mr. Jack, Mr. 
Hunt, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Kennedy of Utah, and Mr. Downing) 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 provide additional 
criminal penalties for aliens who are unlawfully present in the United 
States and are convicted of crimes, and for other purposes.

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 the ``Punishing Illegal Immigrant Felons 
Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. COMMISSION OF CRIMES BY ALIENS UNLAWFULLY PRESENT IN THE UNITED 
STATES.

(a) Commission of Crimes by Aliens Who Improperly Enter.--Section 
275 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1325) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ``2 years'' and 
inserting ``5 years''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(e) Any alien who improperly enters the United States, as 
described in subsection (a), and is subsequently convicted of any crime 
punishable by more than one year of imprisonment shall, in addition to 
the punishment provided for such conviction, be imprisoned for not less 
than 5 years.''.
(b) Commission of Crimes by Aliens Previously Removed.--Section 276 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1326) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ``2 years'' and 
inserting ``10 years''; and
(2) in subsection (b)--
(A) in paragraph (1)--
(i) by striking ``or a felony (other than 
an aggravated felony),''; and
(ii) by striking ``10 years'' and inserting 
``15 years''; and
(B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:
``(2) whose removal was subsequent to a conviction for 
commission of--
``(A) any aggravated felony;
``(B) any crime defined as a felony by the relevant 
jurisdiction (Federal, State, tribal, or local) of 
conviction; or
``(C) any crime punishable by more than one year of 
imprisonment,
such alien shall be imprisoned not less than 10 years and fined 
under title 18, United States Code;''.
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