READI Act

Resist Executive Amnesty on Defense Installations Act or the READI Act

This bill prohibits the use of a military installation to house an alien who is unlawfully present in the United States or undergoing removal proceedings.

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3632 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3632

 To prohibit the use of military installations to house aliens who do 
    not have a lawful immigration status or are undergoing removal 
                   proceedings in the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 24, 2023

Mr. Carter of Texas (for himself, Mr. Babin, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Sessions, 
  Mr. Nehls, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Fallon, and Mr. Calvert) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the use of military installations to house aliens who do 
    not have a lawful immigration status or are undergoing removal 
                   proceedings in the United States.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Resist Executive Amnesty on Defense 
Installations Act'' or the ``READI Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE OF MILITARY INSTALLATIONS TO HOUSE ALIENS 
              WHO DO NOT HAVE A LAWFUL IMMIGRATION STATUS OR ARE 
              UNDERGOING REMOVAL PROCEEDINGS IN THE UNITED STATES.

    (a) Prohibition.--A military installation may not be used to house 
any alien unlawfully present in the United States.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) The term ``alien unlawfully present'' means an alien 
        who--
                    (A) is covered by the rule of construction 
                regarding unlawful presence contained in section 
                212(a)(9)(B)(ii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
                (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(9)(B)(ii)); or
                    (B) is undergoing removal proceedings in the United 
                States.
            (2) The term ``military installation'' has the meaning 
        given that term in section 2801(c)(4) of title 10, United 
        States Code, but does not include an installation located 
        outside of the United States.
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