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H.R.5013
Sponsor: Rep Gekas, George W. [PA-17] (introduced 6/25/2002)
Latest Major Action: 7/18/2002 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
Title: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to bar the admission, and facilitate the removal, of alien terrorists and their supporters and fundraisers, to secure our borders against terrorists, drug traffickers, and other illegal aliens, to facilitate the removal of illegal aliens and aliens who are criminals or human rights abusers, to reduce visa, document, employment, and voting fraud, to reform the legal immigration system, and for other purposes.
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STATUS: (color indicates Senate actions)
6/25/2002:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
7/18/2002:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
COMMITTEE(S):
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AMENDMENT(S):

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COSPONSORS(44), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Rep Ballenger, Cass - 9/26/2002 [NC-10] Rep Bartlett, Roscoe G. - 6/25/2002 [MD-6]
Rep Bilirakis, Michael - 7/24/2002 [FL-9] Rep Boyd, Allen - 7/17/2002 [FL-2]
Rep Burton, Dan - 10/3/2002 [IN-6] Rep Cantor, Eric - 9/9/2002 [VA-7]
Rep Carson, Brad - 9/26/2002 [OK-2] Rep Culberson, John Abney - 6/25/2002 [TX-7]
Rep Davis, Jo Ann - 7/17/2002 [VA-1] Rep Deal, Nathan - 6/25/2002 [GA-9]
Rep Doolittle, John T. - 7/26/2002 [CA-4] Rep Everett, Terry - 9/26/2002 [AL-2]
Rep Foley, Mark - 7/17/2002 [FL-16] Rep Goode, Virgil H., Jr. - 6/25/2002 [VA-5]
Rep Goodlatte, Bob - 11/19/2002 [VA-6] Rep Graham, Lindsey O. - 10/3/2002 [SC-3]
Rep Gutknecht, Gil - 9/26/2002 [MN-1] Rep Hall, Ralph M. - 9/26/2002 [TX-4]
Rep Herger, Wally - 10/16/2002 [CA-2] Rep Jenkins, William L. - 9/26/2002 [TN-1]
Rep Johnson, Sam - 6/25/2002 [TX-3] Rep Keller, Ric - 9/26/2002 [FL-8]
Rep Kerns, Brian D. - 7/17/2002 [IN-7] Rep Lipinski, William O. - 9/26/2002 [IL-3]
Rep Mica, John L. - 10/16/2002 [FL-7] Rep Nethercutt, George R., Jr. - 9/9/2002 [WA-5]
Rep Norwood, Charlie - 6/25/2002 [GA-10] Rep Peterson, Collin C. - 9/26/2002 [MN-7]
Rep Peterson, John E. - 7/26/2002 [PA-5] Rep Pickering, Charles W. (Chip) - 7/17/2002 [MS-3]
Rep Ramstad, Jim - 9/26/2002 [MN-3] Rep Riley, Bob - 7/25/2002 [AL-3]
Rep Rohrabacher, Dana - 10/10/2002 [CA-45] Rep Schaffer, Bob - 10/10/2002 [CO-4]
Rep Sessions, Pete - 6/25/2002 [TX-5] Rep Shows, Ronnie - 7/17/2002 [MS-4]
Rep Smith, Lamar - 6/25/2002 [TX-21] Rep Stump, Bob - 6/25/2002 [AZ-3]
Rep Sullivan, John - 7/26/2002 [OK-1] Rep Tancredo, Thomas G. - 6/25/2002 [CO-6]
Rep Taylor, Charles H. - 11/19/2002 [NC-11] Rep Wamp, Zach - 10/10/2002 [TN-3]
Rep Weldon, Dave - 6/25/2002 [FL-15] Rep Wilson, Joe - 11/19/2002 [SC-2]

SUMMARY AS OF:
6/25/2002--Introduced.

Securing America's Freedom through Enforcement Reform Act of 2002 (SAFER Act) - Sets forth provisions, and amends specified Acts, with respect to: (1) prevention and punishment of alien smuggling, and transporting and harboring of aliens; (2) border patrol increases; (3) use of the military along the border; (4) visas, including the visa waiver program, and consular interviews of applicants; (5) alien terrorist removal, deportability, and asylum requests; (6) alien criminal removal; (7) alien human rights violator removal, deportability, and bar to status adjustment, including criminal penalties for reentry and aiding human rights violators to enter the United States; (8) document security (birth certificates, drivers licenses, social security cards); (9) employment eligibility verification; (10) increased Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) investigative personnel, (11) expedited exclusion; (12) criminal and civil penalties for improper entry of aliens; (13) voluntary departure; (14) detention facilities; (15) removal proceedings; (16) establishment of a Federal election-related Citizenship Verification Program; (17) establishment of an Office of Citizenship; (18) treatment of nationals of state sponsors of terrorism; (19) refugee admissions, and extended family and employment preferences; (20) elimination of diversity immigrant program; (21) temporary protected status; (22) designation of foreign terrorist organizations; (23) foreign students; (24) INS attorneys; (25) alien proof of identity; and (26) information on foreign crimes.