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S 302 IS
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 302
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to make voting in a Federal election by an unlawfully present alien an aggravated felony and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 13, 2013
Mr. VITTER introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to make voting in a Federal election by an unlawfully present alien an aggravated felony and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
SEC. 2. UNLAWFUL VOTING.
(a) Aggravated Felony- Paragraph (43) of section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)) 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 a semicolon and ‘and’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘(V) an offense described in section 611 of title 18, United States Code, committed by an alien who is unlawfully present in the United States.’.
(b) Deportable Offense- Paragraph (2) of section 237(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: