What it changes

1 change to S. 744

Adds a section
  1. Adds SEC. ____. NO DISCRETION FOR CRIMES INVOLVING MORAL TURPITUDE THAT ARE CERTAIN CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN wherever appropriate

    Adds a section

    Inserted: SEC. ____. NO DISCRETION FOR CRIMES INVOLVING MORAL TURPITUDE THAT ARE CERTAIN CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN.

    Inserted: (a) Immigration Judges.--Subparagraph (D)(ii) of section 240(c)(4) (8 U.S.C. 1229a(c)(4)), as added by section 2314(a) of this Act, is amended--

    Inserted: (1) in subclause (I), by striking "or" at the end;

    Inserted: (2) by redesignating subclause (II) as subclause (III); and

    Inserted: (3) by inserting after subclause (I) the following:

    Inserted: "(II) been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude that is a crime of child abuse, child neglect, contributing to the delinquency of a minor through sexual acts, or child abandonment; or".

    Inserted: (b) Secretary.--Subsection (w)(2) of section 212 (8 U.S.C. 1182), as added by section 2314(b) of this Act, is amended--

    Inserted: (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking "or" at the end;

    Inserted: (2) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C); and

    Inserted: (3) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following:

    Inserted: "(B) been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude that is a crime of child abuse, child neglect, contributing to the delinquency of a minor through sexual acts, or child abandonment; or".

    The amendment doesn't say where this goes; the clerk decides.

    Original wording

    At the appropriate place, insert the following:

Read automatically from the Congressional Record. Check the original before relying on it.

As printed

SA 1684. Mr. PORTMAN (for himself, Mr. Chiesa, and Mr. Crapo) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 744, to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ____. NO DISCRETION FOR CRIMES INVOLVING MORAL TURPITUDE THAT ARE CERTAIN CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN.

(a) Immigration Judges.--Subparagraph (D)(ii) of section 240(c)(4) (8 U.S.C. 1229a(c)(4)), as added by section 2314(a) of this Act, is amended--

(1) in subclause (I), by striking “or” at the end;

(2) by redesignating subclause (II) as subclause (III); and

(3) by inserting after subclause (I) the following:

“(II) been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude that is a crime of child abuse, child neglect, contributing to the delinquency of a minor through sexual acts, or child abandonment; or”.

(b) Secretary.--Subsection (w)(2) of section 212 (8 U.S.C. 1182), as added by section 2314(b) of this Act, is amended--

(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking “or” at the end;

(2) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C); and

(3) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following:

“(B) been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude that is a crime of child abuse, child neglect, contributing to the delinquency of a minor through sexual acts, or child abandonment; or”.

Legislative Activity

Stay on top of the latest movement without scrolling through every action

Floor Latest Action

Senate amendment submitted

June 25, 2013