,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #egjh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,january #bi1        
#bjbj,mr4 ,gallagher introduced the     
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a    
,,bill  ,to amend the ,immigration and  
,nationality ,act to clarify the        
contempt authority of immigration       
judges1 and for other purposes4  #a4    
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,empowering ,immigration ,courts    
,act4  #b4 ,contempt authority of       
immigration judges ,section #bdj7;b77#a7
 of the ,immigration and ,nationality   
,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #abbi;a7b77#a77 is   
amended by striking 7under regulations  
prescribed by the ,attorney ,general7 to
 sanction by civil money penalty any    
action 7or inaction7 in contempt of the 
judge's proper exercise of authority    
under this ,act and inserting to        
sanction by fine contempt of its        
authority in accordance with section    
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