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106TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 106-850
TO AMEND SECTION 274 OF THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT TO
IMPOSE MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCES, AND INCREASE CERTAIN
SENTENCES, FOR BRINGING IN AND HARBORING CERTAIN ALIENS AND
TO AMEND TITLE 18, UNITED STATES CODE, TO PROVIDE ENHANCED
PENALTIES FOR PERSONS COMMITTING SUCH OFFENSES WHILE ARMED
SEPTEMBER 14, 2000.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. SMITH of Texas, from the Committee on the Judiciary,
submitted the following
REPORT
together with
DISSENTING VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 238]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill
(H.R. 238) to amend section 274 of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act to impose mandatory minimum sentences, and increase
certain sentences, for bringing in and harboring certain aliens and
to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide enhanced pen-
alties for persons committing such offenses while armed, having
considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment
and recommends that the bill as amended do pass.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
The Amendment ...................................................................................... 2
Purpose and Summary ........................................................................... 3
Background and Need for the Legislation ....................................... ....... 3
H earings ................................................................................................... 4
Committee Consideration ....................................................................... . 4
Committee Oversight Findings .............................................................. . 4
Committee on Government Reform Findings .................................. ...... 4
New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures ................................ ...... 4
Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate .................................... ...... 4
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