,,ii ,calendar ,no4 #bgf #aadth         
,,congress  #ast ,session  ,s4 #baic    
,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united 
,,states  ,october #ba1 #bjae,mr4 ,cruz 
7for himself1 ,mr4 ,grassley1 ,mr4      
,vitter1 ,mr4 ,perdue1 and ,mr4 ,rubio7 
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read the first time  ,october #bb1     
#bjae,read the second time and placed on
 the calendar  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the 
,immigration and ,nationality ,act to   
increase penalties for individuals who  
illegally reenter the ,united ,states   
after being removed and for other       
purposes4  #a4 ,short titles ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,stop ,illegal      
,reentry ,act or as ,kate's ,law4  #b4  
,increased penalties for reentry of     
removed alien ,section #bgf of the      
,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #acbf7 is amended-- 7#a7 by   
redesignating subsections 7c7 and 7d7 as
 subsections 7d7 and 7e71 respectively2 
7#b7 by striking subsections 7a7 and 7b7
 and inserting the following3  7a7 ,in  

general ,subject to subsections 7b7 and 
7c71 any alien who--  7#a7 has been     
denied admission1 excluded1 deported1 or
 removed or has departed the ,united    
,states while an order of exclusion1    
deportation1 or removal is outstanding2 
and  7#b7 thereafter enters1 attempts to
 enter1 or is at any time found in1 the 
,united ,states1 unless-- 7,a7 prior to 
the alien's reembarkation at a place    
outside the ,united ,states or the      
alien's application for admission from  
foreign contiguous territory1 the       
,secretary of ,homeland ,security has   
expressly consented to such alien's     
reapplying for admission2 or  7,b7 with 
respect to an alien previously denied   
admission and removed1 such alien shall 
establish that the alien was not        
required to obtain such advance consent 
under this ,act or any prior ,act2      
shall be fined under title #ah1 ,united 
,states ,code1 or imprisoned not more   
than five years1 or both4  7b7 ,criminal
 penalties for reentry of certain       

removed aliens  7#a7 ,in general        
,notwithstanding the penalty provided in
 subsection 7a71 and except as provided 
in subsection 7c71 an alien described in
 subsection 7a7--  7,a7 who was         
convicted before such removal or        
departure of three or more misdemeanors 
involving drugs1 crimes against the     
person1 or both1 or a felony 7other than
 an aggravated felony71 shall be fined  
under title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 
imprisoned not more than #aj years1 or  
both2  7,b7 who has been excluded from  
the ,united ,states pursuant to section 
#bce7;c7 because the alien was          
excludable under section                
#bab7;a77#c77;,b7 or who has been       
removed from the ,united ,states        
pursuant to the provisions of title ,v1 
and who thereafter1 without the         
permission of the ,secretary of         
,homeland ,security1 enters the ,united 
,states1 or attempts to do so1 shall be 
fined under title #ah1 ,united ,states  
,code1 and imprisoned for a period of   

#aj years1 which sentence shall not run 
concurrently with any other sentence2   
7,c7 who was removed from the ,united   
,states pursuant to section             
#bda7;a77#d77;,b7 who thereafter1       
without the permission of the ,secretary
 of ,homeland ,security1 enters1        
attempts to enter1 or is at any time    
found in1 the ,united ,states 7unless   
the ,secretary of ,homeland ,security   
has expressly consented to such alien's 
reentry7 shall be fined under title #ah1
 ,united ,states ,code1 imprisoned for  
not more than #aj years1 or both2 and   
7,d7 who has been denied admission1     
excluded1 deported1 or removed #c or    
more times and thereafter enters1       
attempts to enter1 crosses the border   
to1 attempts to cross the border to1 or 
is at any time found in the ,united     
,states1 shall be fined under title #ah1
 ,united ,states ,code1 imprisoned not  
more than #aj years1 or both4  7#b7     
,removal defined ,in this subsection and
 subsection 7c71 the term removal       

includes any agreement in which an alien
 stipulates to removal during 7or not   
during7 a criminal trial under either   
,federal or ,state law4  7c7 ,mandatory 
minimum criminal penalty for reentry of 
certain removed aliens ,notwithstanding 
the penalties provided in subsections   
7a7 and 7b71 an alien described in      
subsection 7a7--  7#a7 who was convicted
 before such removal or departure of an 
aggravated felony2 or  7#b7 who was     
convicted at least two times before such
 removal or departure of illegal reentry
 under this section2  shall be          
imprisoned not less than five years and 
not more than #bj years1 and may1 in    
addition1 be fined under title #ah1     
,united ,states ,code4  2 and  7#c7 in  
subsection 7d71 as redesignated by      
paragraph 7#a7-- 7,a7 by striking       
section #bdb7;h77#b7 and inserting      
section #bda7;a77#d72 and  7,b7 by      
striking ,attorney ,general and         
inserting ,secretary of ,homeland       
,security4  ,october #bb1 #bjae,read the

 second time and placed on the calendar