Govoptes

HR 29 · Laken Riley Act

Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 10.

Introduced
Jan 3, 2025
Latest action
Feb 10, 2025
Sponsor
Rep. Mike Collins [R-GA-10]
Policy area
Immigration
Cosponsors
54

Summary

Laken Riley Act This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to detain certain non-U.S. nationals ( aliens under federal law) who have been arrested for burglary, theft, larceny, or shoplifting. The bill also authorizes states to sue the federal government for decisions or alleged failures related to immigration enforcement. Under this bill, DHS must detain an individual who (1) is unlawfully present in the United States or did not possess the necessary documents when applying for admission; and (2) has been charged with, arrested for, convicted of, or admits to having committed acts that constitute the essential elements of burglary, theft, larceny, or shoplifting. The bill also authorizes state governments to sue for injunctive relief over certain immigration-related decisions or alleged failures by the federal government if the decision or failure caused the state or its residents harm, including financial harm of more than $100. Specifically, the state government may sue the federal government over a decision to release a non-U.S. national from custody; failure to fulfill requirements relating to inspecting individuals seeking admission into the United States, including requirements related to asylum interviews; failure to fulfill a requirement to stop issuing visas to nationals of a country that unreasonably denies or delays acceptance of nationals of that country; violation of limitations on immigration parole, such as the requirement that parole be granted only on a case-by-case basis; or failure to detain an individual who has been ordered removed from the United States.

Recent actions

  1. Feb 10, 2025 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 10.
  2. Feb 6, 2025 Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
  3. Jan 8, 2025 Received in the Senate.
  4. Jan 7, 2025 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  5. Jan 7, 2025 On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 264 - 159 (Roll no. 6). (text: CR H53-54)
  6. Jan 7, 2025 Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 264 - 159 (Roll no. 6). (text: CR H53-54)
  7. Jan 7, 2025 Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H61)
  8. Jan 7, 2025 POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 29, the Chair put the question on passage of the bill and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Raskin demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.

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