Search Results: keywords:"enforcement inconsistency"

  • H. R. 218 — To authorize State enforcement of immigration laws, and for other purposes.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:311

    H.R. 218, titled the "State Immigration Enforcement Act," allows states and their subdivisions to enforce immigration laws by enacting their own criminal and civil penalties for conduct that is already prohibited under federal immigration laws. However, these state-imposed...

    Simple Explanation

    H.R. 218 is a suggestion for a new rule that lets states make their own rules about people from other countries living here, but those rules can't be tougher than the big country's rules. It also wants to change one part of a big book of rules, but it doesn't say exactly why or how.

  • H. R. 9897 — To amend section 3559 of title 18, United States Code, to provide that a misdemeanor for which no punishment or no maximum punishment is prescribed by statute shall be punishable as a Class A misdemeanor.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:213

    H.R. 9897 proposes an amendment to section 3559 of title 18 of the United States Code. The bill aims to classify any misdemeanor, for which no specific punishment or maximum punishment is prescribed by statute, as a Class A misdemeanor. This change would ensure that these...

    Simple Explanation

    This bill wants to make sure that if someone breaks a rule and there's no specific punishment decided, they will be punished as if they did something serious but not as serious as a big crime. This way, everyone knows what might happen if they break a rule that didn't have a clear punishment before.