US Congress House Bill 1199 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 11-1)
Status: Introduced on February 25 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-03-16 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Scott Gardner Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to share immigration information with the Attorney General. Requires a joint report from such officials to Congress on improving the performance of federal immigration databases to ensure the prompt entry of immigration information. Requires: (1) the director of each state and local law enforcement agency to collect and report to the Secretary all immigration and DWI (driving while intoxicated) information collected in the course of normal duties as a condition of receipt of state criminal alien assistance program (SCAAP) funding; (2) such information to appear as a flag on the wants/warrants page of the National Criminal Information Center (NCIC) database; and (3) state or local detention of an arrested flagged alien pending federal transfer. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) require the Secretary to reimburse the costs of training state and local law enforcement employees on federal immigration laws; and (2) authorize the apprehension and detention of an alien for DWI or a similar violation, as long as the alien is deportable on any other grounds or is an illegal alien. Requires each state motor vehicle administrator to share with the Secretary all information concerning aliens with records of DWI convictions or refusals to take sobriety tests. Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress a formula for the allocation of federal detention facilities for aliens.

Scott Gardner Act

Rep. Brian Bilbray [R-CA]	Rep. Howard Coble [R-NC]	Rep. Charles Dent [R-PA]	Rep. Randy Forbes [R-VA]
Rep. Phil Gingrey [R-GA]	Sen. Dean Heller [R-NV]	Rep. John Kline [R-MN]	Rep. Kenny Marchant [R-TX]
Rep. Mike McIntyre [D-NC]	Rep. Gary Miller [R-CA]	Rep. Sue Myrick [R-NC]	Rep. Pete Sessions [R-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-03-16		Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
2009-03-02		Referred to the Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Assessment.
2009-02-25		Referred to House Homeland Security
2009-02-25		Referred to House Judiciary
2009-02-25		Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/1199/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr1199/BILLS-111hr1199ih.pdf