S.Amdt. 3993Senate117th Congress (2021-2023)2nd degree

S.Amdt. 3993

Sponsored by Joni ErnstSen. Joni Ernst (R-IA)
Submitted October 28, 2021

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Senate amendment submitted

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.''.
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