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H.R. 1018 (104th)

Illegal Immigration Control Act of 1995

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Introduced

23 February 1995

Last action

24 March 1995 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.

Sponsors

Rep. Hunter, Duncan [R-CA-52], Rep. Moorhead, Carlos J. [R-CA-22], Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large], Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-48], Rep. McCollum, Bill [R-FL-8], Rep. Kim, Jay [R-CA-41], Rep. Cunningham, Randy (Duke) [R-CA-50], Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-41], Rep. Stump, Bob [R-AZ-3], Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-5], Rep. Bryant, Ed [R-TN-7], Rep. Gallegly, Elton [R-CA-24], Rep. Collins, Mac [R-GA-3], Rep. Canady, Charles T. [R-FL-12], Rep. Goodlatte, Bob [R-VA-6], Rep. McKeon, Howard P. "Buck" [R-CA-25], Rep. Bilbray, Brian P. [R-CA-50], Rep. Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. [R-FL-22], Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3], Rep. Saxton, Jim [R-NJ-3], Rep. Holden, Tim [D-PA-17], Rep. Doolittle, John T. [R-CA-4], Rep. Packard, Ron [R-CA-48], Rep. Dreier, David [R-CA-26], Rep. Riggs, Frank [R-CA-1], Rep. Herger, Wally [R-CA-2], Rep. Baker, Bill [R-CA-10], Rep. Pombo, Richard W. [R-CA-11], Rep. Radanovich, George [R-CA-19], Rep. Seastrand, Andrea H. [R-CA-22], Rep. Lewis, Jerry [R-CA-41], Rep. Bono, Sonny [R-CA-44], Rep. Dornan, Robert K. [R-CA-46], Rep. Meyers, Jan [R-KS-3], Rep. Bereuter, Doug [R-NE-1], Rep. Cox, Christopher [R-CA-48], Rep. Horn, Stephen [R-CA-38], Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-39], Rep. Thomas, William M. [R-CA-21], Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS], Rep. Heineman, Frederick K. (Fred) [R-NC-4], Rep. Emerson, Bill [R-MO-8], Rep. Ewing, Thomas W. [R-IL-15], Rep. Fowler, Tillie [R-FL-4], Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4], Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-22], Rep. Christensen, Jon [R-NE-2]

Subjects

Asylum, Defence, Housing, Immigration

Source updated

23 March 2026

Asylum · Defence · Housing · Immigration

Summary

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Interdiction Title II: Alien Smuggling Title III: Employment Title IV: Government Benefits Title V: Criminal Aliens Title VI: Terrorist Aliens Title VII: Inspections Title VIII: Asylum Illegal Immigration Control Act of 1995 - Title I: Interdiction - Directs the Attorney General to install additional physicial barriers in high illegal-entry border areas. (Sec. 102) Authorizes appropriations for additional Border Patrol personnel. (Sec. 103) Directs the Attorney General and the Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) to implement an interior repatriation program for illegal aliens who have been deported at least three times. (Sec. 104) Directs the Attorney General and the Commissioner of INS to increase border detention facilites. Authorizes the transfer of closed military bases to be used as Federal incarceration facilities for illegal aliens. (Sec. 105) Authorizes the Attorney General to require vessels to provide INS with port of entry notification. Title II: Alien Smuggling - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (the Act) to expand INS forfeiture authority for smuggling or harboring illegal aliens. (Sec. 202) Brings alien smuggling operations under the purview of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) provisions. (Sec. 203) Amends the Act to increase penalties for certain alien smuggling offenses. (Sec. 204) Amends Federal law to authorize INS wiretaps for alien smuggling investigations. Title III: Employment - Amends the Act to revise alien employment documentation and employer verification provisions, including social security card enhancements. (Sec. 302) Authorizes appropriations for additional INS investigators. Title IV: Government Benefits - Prohibits direct Federal benefits (except for emergency medical care) or housing assistance to an alien who is not a permanent resident, a refugee, an asylee, or a parolee. (Sec. 402) Prohibits unemployment benefits to an alien who has not been granted INS work authorization. (Sec. 404) Authorizes appropriations for the Save System. (Sec. 405) Reduces Federal assistance by 20 percent to any locality that refuses to cooperate in the arrest and deportation of illegal aliens. (Sec. 406) Establishes a uniform vital statistics pilot program for three States with high numbers of undocumented aliens. Authorizes appropriations. Title V: Criminal Aliens - Amends the Act to include aliens on criminal probation or criminal parole among the categories of aliens subject to special registration. (Sec. 502) Restricts specified deportation defenses. (Sec. 503) Authorizes electronic or telephonic deportation proceedings. (Sec. 504) Directs the Commissioner to operate a criminal alien tracking center. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 505) Directs the Secretary of State and the Attorney General to study the use and effectiveness of the Prisoner Transfer Treaty with Mexico to remove convicted aliens from the United States. (Sec. 506) Expedites deportation proceedings for specified criminal aliens. Title VI: Terrorist Aliens - Amends the Act to establish procedures for the removal of alien terrorists, including a special court to hear such cases. (Sec. 602) Makes membership in a terrorist organization a basis for U.S. exclusion. Title VII: Inspections - Directs the Attorney General to establish: (1) specified numbers of preinspection stations at foreign airports identified as last departure points for the greatest numbers of U.S.-arriving passengers and at those with the greatest numbers of U.S.-arriving undocumented aliens; and (2) an air carrier consultant program. (Sec. 702) Provides for the training of airline personnel in fraudulent document detection. Title VIII: Asylum - Amends the Act to revise asylum procedures. (Sec. 802) Sets forth mandatory and discretionary conditions for granting provisional asylum.

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Timeline

  1. 23 February 1995

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on National Security, Banking and Financial Services, Ways and Means, and Government Reform and Oversight, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 23 February 1995

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on National Security, Banking and Financial Services, Ways and Means, and Government Reform and Oversight, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 23 February 1995

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 23 February 1995

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  5. 1 March 1995

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology.

    Source: Committee

  6. 2 March 1995

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.

    Source: Committee

  7. 6 March 1995

    Committee

    Executive Comment Requested from DOD.

    Source: Committee

  8. 6 March 1995

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Installations and Facilities.

    Source: Committee

  9. 15 March 1995

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.

    Source: Committee

  10. 24 March 1995

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.

    Source: Committee

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