S.Amdt. 3993Senate117th Congress (2021-2023)2nd degree
S.Amdt. 3993
Sponsored by
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA)
Submitted October 28, 2021
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October 28, 2021
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SA 3993. Ms. ERNST submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the end of subtitle E of title X, add the following: SECTION 1. EXPANDING THE DEFINITION OF AGGRAVATED FELONIES UNDER THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT. (a) Short Titles.--This section may be cited as the ``Better Enforcement of Grievous Offenses by unNaturalized Emigrants'' or the ``BE GONE Act''. (b) In General.--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) sexual assault and aggravated sexual violence.''. ______