,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fgae  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #e1 #bjbj,mr4   
,gaetz introduced the following bill2   
which was referred to the ,committee on 
the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to require  
the removal of aliens in detention      
during a national emergency related to a
 communicable disease1 and for other    
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,protect ,american  
,nationals ,during ,emergencies by      
,mitigating the ,immigration ,crisis    
,act or the ,,pandemic ,act4  #b4       
,expedited removal of detained aliens   
during a national emergency related to a
 communicable disease  7a7 ,in general  
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 any unlawfully present alien who is
 detained by ,u4,s4 ,immigration and    
,customs ,enforcement during a national 
emergency related to a communicable     
disease 7regardless of whether the alien
 was taken into custody before or during
 the national emergency related to a    

communicable disease7 shall be removed  
from the ,united ,states in a manner    
which eliminates the need for additional
 detention at any processing center of  
the ,department of ,homeland ,security  
and in a manner which assures           
expeditious removal4  7b7 ,applicability
 to criminal aliens ,subsection 7a7     
shall not apply with respect to an alien
 against whom charges for a crime of    
violence are pending4  #c4 ,definition  
,in this ,act3 7#a7 ,the term national  
emergency related to a communicable     
disease means-- 7,a7 an emergency       
involving ,federal primary              
responsibility determined to exist by   
the ,president under section #eja7;b7 of
 the ,robert ,t4 ,stafford ,disaster    
,relief and ,emergency ,assistance ,act 
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #eaia7;b77 with respect  
to a communicable disease2 or  7,b7 a   
national emergency declared by the      
,president under the ,national          
,emergency ,act 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #afaj et 
seq47 with respect to a communicable    

disease4  7#b7 ,the term alien has the  
meaning given the term under section    
#aja of the ,immigration and            
,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #aaja74 
7#c7 ,the term crime of violence has the
 meaning given the term under section   
#af of title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code4