United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 668 (104th)
Criminal Alien Deportation Improvements Act of 1995
Introduced
25 January 1995
Last action
18 April 1996 · Committee
Status
For Further Action See S.735.
Sponsors
Rep. McCollum, Bill [R-FL-8], Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2], Rep. Bliley, Tom [R-VA-7], Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3]
Subjects
Immigration
Source updated
10 August 2026
Summary
Criminal Alien Deportation Improvements Act of 1995 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise criminal alien deportation procedures. Amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to permit the Federal Bureau of Investigation to assist the criminal alien tracking center. Amends Federal criminal law to: (1) bring certain alien smuggling-related crimes under the purview of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) provisions; and (2) authorize wiretaps for alien smuggling investigations.
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Timeline
25 January 1995
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
25 January 1995
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
25 January 1995
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
27 January 1995
Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee
31 January 1995
Vote
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 8.
Source: Committee
31 January 1995
Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee
6 February 1995
Calendars
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 9.
Source: Calendars
6 February 1995
Reported
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 104-22.
Source: Committee
6 February 1995
Reported
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 104-22.
Source: Committee
9 February 1995
Reported
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 69 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 668 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. It shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill, modified by the amendment contained in section 2 of this resolution. Measure will be read by section. Bill is open to amendments.
Source: Floor
10 February 1995
Floor
The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 668.
Source: Floor
10 February 1995
Passed
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Source: Floor
10 February 1995
Vote
On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 380 - 20 (Roll no. 118).
Source: Floor
10 February 1995
Vote
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 380 - 20 (Roll no. 118).
Source: Floor
10 February 1995
Passed
The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
Source: Floor
10 February 1995
Floor
The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 668.
Source: Floor
10 February 1995
Floor
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
Source: Floor
10 February 1995
Floor
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 69. (consideration: CR H1588-1597)
Source: Floor
10 February 1995
Passed
Rule H. Res. 69 passed House.
Source: Floor
10 February 1995
Floor
Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 668 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. It shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill, modified by the amendment contained in section 2 of this resolution. Measure will be read by section. Bill is open to amendments.
Source: Floor
10 February 1995
Floor
The Speaker designated the Honorable David Dreier to act as Chairman of the Committee.
Source: Floor
10 February 1995
Floor
House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 69 and Rule XXIII.
Source: Floor
13 February 1995
Introduced
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
18 April 1996
Committee
For Further Action See S.735.
Source: Committee
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Referred in Senate · 13 February 1995 · Download file
- Engrossed in House · 10 February 1995 · Download file
- Reported in House · 6 February 1995 · Download file
- Introduced in House · 25 January 1995 · Download file
Documents
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Referred in Senate (text)
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Referred in Senate (text)
Referred in Senate · EN · 13 February 1995
Referred in Senate (PDF)
Referred in Senate · EN · 13 February 1995
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Engrossed in House (text)
Engrossed in House · EN · 10 February 1995
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Engrossed in House (PDF)
Engrossed in House · EN · 10 February 1995
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Passed House amended
summary · EN · 10 February 1995
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Reported in House (text)
Reported in House · EN · 6 February 1995
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Reported in House (PDF)
Reported in House · EN · 6 February 1995
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Reported to House with amendment(s)
summary · EN · 6 February 1995
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Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 25 January 1995
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Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 25 January 1995
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Sponsors
- Rep. McCollum, Bill [R-FL-8] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Bliley, Tom [R-VA-7] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3] · R · Cosponsor
- · ssju00 · Standing
- · hsju00 · Standing
Related records
- related to → Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 668) to control crime by further streamlining deportation of criminal aliens.
- related to ← Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996
- amends ← An amendment to advise the President to negotiate and renegotiate bilateral treaties regarding the transfer of prisoners to their country of origin within 90 days of enactment.
- amends ← An amendment to require the Justice Department to provide technical and prosecutorial assistance to state and local governments in tracking down and prosecuting immigrants who commit crimes in the United States. Under the amendment, the Justice Department would be required to report to Congress on the problems of tracking down and prosecuting immigrants.
- amends ← An amendment to require the Justice Department to develop and implement a program to ensure that aliens who have entered the country illegally more than 3 times are deported to locations more than 500 miles away from the U.S. border.
- amends ← An amendment to require the Justice and State Department to report to Congress within six months on the effectiveness of the prisoner transfer treaty with Mexico.
- amends ← An amendment to authorize the Justice Department to deport a non-violent criminal alien before he or she has completed his or her sentence.
- amends ← An amendment to the Foley amendment to specify that the Justice Department could not deport early those convicted of alien smuggling.
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/house-bill/668
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/hr/668
- us · 104-hr-668 · source updated 10 August 2026