Empowering Immigration Courts Act
Summary
Empowering Immigration Courts Act This bill authorizes immigration judges to impose a fine for contempt in accordance with the criminal code. Currently, the Department of Justice is authorized to prescribe regulations providing immigration judges with such authority, but has not done so.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Mar 25, 2021
Last action Mar 25, 2021
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Full legislative history
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Total actions
2
Key actions
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Committee
1
Mar 25, 2021
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
upper
Mar 25, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
John Kennedy
RRepublican
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