HR 7909 United States House · 118th Congress

Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act

This bill amends U.S. immigration law to add new grounds for inadmissibility and deportability related to sex offenses and domestic violence. It makes non-citizens inadmissible if convicted of, or admitting to, sex offenses (as defined in the Adam Walsh Act) or domestic violence crimes (as defined under the Violent Crime Control Act). It also expands deportability to include these offenses, specifying that domestic violence crimes are deportable regardless of whether the jurisdiction received federal grant funding. The changes apply to non-citizens with prior convictions or admissions for these specific offenses, modifying their immigration status under existing law.

Issues: ✗ Immigration

Sub-Topics: Enforcement Sanctuary Policies

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Apr 2024

Committee Review

Sep 2024

House Passage

Sep 2024

Senate Passage

President

Introduced Apr 9, 2024 Last action Sep 19, 2024

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What changed between versions

Introduced in House → Engrossed in House · 3 edits · Sep 18, 2024

MINOR

The Engrossed version significantly broadens the categories of crimes that make an alien inadmissible under this bill. Previously only domestic violence was covered under subsection (K), but the engrossed version adds stalking, child abuse/neglect/abandonment, and violations of protection orders as separate grounds for inadmissibility. The deportability section was also restructured with a heading change to better reflect the expanded scope.

SCOPE

The inadmissibility provision (subsection K) was expanded from covering only domestic violence to four distinct categories: domestic violence, stalking, child abuse/child neglect/child abandonment, and violation of a protection order involving credible threats of violence, repeated harassment, or bodily injury.

The section heading was updated from 'sex offenses and domestic violence' to 'sex offenses, domestic violence, stalking, child abuse, or violation of protection order' to reflect the broadened coverage.

TECHNICAL

The deportability amendment in subsection (b)(1) was restructured into two subparts: a heading change (reordering 'crimes against children and' to 'and crimes against children') and the same domestic violence definition insertion that existed before, now labeled as subpart (B).

Floor votes · House Sep 18, 2024

How they voted

266–158

Passed · 7 other

Total votes 431

Sep 18, 2024

D Democratic211

51 Yea 158 Nay 2

74% Nay

I Independent1

1 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican219

214 Yea 5

97% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

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Committee

Amendments

Sep 19, 2024

Committee

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

upper

Sep 18, 2024

Lower · Passed

On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 266 - 158 (Roll no. 429). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H5354)

lower

Sep 18, 2024

Lower · Passed

Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 266 - 158 (Roll no. 429). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H5354)

lower

Sep 17, 2024

Lower · Passed

Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1455 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3724, H.R. 4790, H.R. 5179, H.R. 5339, H.R. 5717, H.R. 7909 and H.J. Res. 136. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 3724 and H.R. 5717 under a structured rule and H.R. 4790, H.R. 5179, H.R. 5339, H.R. 7909, and H.J. Res. 136 under a closed rule. The resolution provides for one hour of general debate and one motion to recommit on each measure.

lower

Sep 6, 2024

Lower · Passed

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 118-650.

lower

May 22, 2024

Introduced

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 19 - 6.

lower

May 22, 2024

Lower · Passed

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

lower

Apr 9, 2024

Committee

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

lower

Apr 9, 2024

Introduced

Introduced in House

lower

1 primary · 6 co-sponsors