REMOVE Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4711 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4711

   To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to ensure the timely 
                 completion of all removal proceedings.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 23, 2025

 Mr. Nehls (for himself, Mr. Moore of Alabama, and Mr. Gill of Texas) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to ensure the timely 
                 completion of all removal proceedings.

    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 ``Rapid Expulsion of Migrant Offenders 
who Violate and Evade Act'' or the ``REMOVE Act''.

SEC. 2. TIMELY REMOVAL OF ALIENS ORDERED REMOVED.

    Section 239(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1229(d)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and
            (2) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
    ``(1) The Attorney General shall commence removal proceedings as 
promptly as possible after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement 
files, with the immigration court, a Notice to Appear that has been 
served on an alien. If such alien was convicted of an offense making 
the alien deportable under section 237(a), the Attorney General shall 
commence any removal proceeding with respect to such alien as 
expeditiously as possible after the date on which such alien was 
convicted of such offense.
    ``(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including section 
208(d)(5)(A), the Attorney General shall take all actions, including 
promulgating relevant regulations, issuing relevant guidance, and any 
other relevant actions, to ensure all immigration court proceedings 
with respect to an alien referred to in paragraph (1) are completed not 
later than 15 days after they are commenced.''.
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