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This Act may be cited as the . Building America’s Trust Act The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Definitions. TITLE I—Border Security Sec. 101. Definitions. Subtitle A—Infrastructure and equipment Sec. 102. Strengthening the requirements for barriers along the southern border. Sec. 103. Air and marine operations flight hours. Sec. 104. Capability deployment to specific sectors and regions. Sec. 105. U.S. Border Patrol physical infrastructure improvements.
Sec. 106. U.S. Border Patrol activities. Sec. 107. U.S. Border Patrol forward operating bases. Sec. 108. Border security technology program management. Sec. 109. Authority to acquire leaseholds. Sec. 110. National Guard support to secure the southern border and reimbursement of States for deployment of the National Guard at the southern border. Sec. 111. Operation Phalanx. Sec. 112. Merida Initiative. Sec. 113. Prohibitions on actions that impede border security on certain Federal land.
Sec. 114. Landowner and rancher security enhancement. Sec. 115. Limitation on land owner’s liability. Sec. 116. Eradication of carrizo cane and salt cedar. Sec. 117. Prevention, detection, control, and eradication of diseases and pests. Sec. 118. Exemption from government contracting and hiring rules. Sec. 119. Transnational criminal organization illicit spotter prevention and detection. Sec. 120. Southern border threat analysis. Subtitle B—Personnel PART I—Increases in immigration and law enforcement personnel Sec. 131.
Additional U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents and officers. Sec. 132. U.S. Customs and Border Protection hiring and retention incentives. Sec. 133. Anti-Border Corruption Reauthorization Act. Sec. 134. Additional U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel. Sec. 135. Other immigration and law enforcement personnel. PART II—Judicial resources Sec. 141. Judicial resources for border security. Sec. 142. Reimbursement to State and local prosecutors for federally initiated, immigration-related criminal cases.
Subtitle C—Grants Sec. 151. State criminal alien assistance program. Sec. 152. Operation Stonegarden. Sec. 153. Grants for identification of victims of cross-border human smuggling. Sec. 154. Grant accountability. Subtitle D—Authorization of appropriations Sec. 161. Authorization of appropriations. TITLE II—Emergency port of entry personnel and infrastructure funding Sec. 201. Ports of entry infrastructure. Sec. 202. Secure communications. Sec. 203. Border Security Deployment Program.
Sec. 204. Pilot and upgrade of license plate readers at ports of entry. Sec. 205. Biometric technology. Sec. 206. Biometric exit data system. Sec. 207. Sense of Congress on cooperation between agencies. Sec. 208. Authorization of appropriations. TITLE III—Domestic security and interior enforcement Subtitle A—General matters Sec. 301. Ending catch and release for repeat immigration violators and criminals aliens. Sec. 302. Deterring visa overstays. Sec. 303. Increase in immigration detention capacity.
Sec. 304. Collection of DNA from criminal and detained aliens. Sec. 305. Collection, use, and storage of biometric data. Sec. 306. Pilot program for electronic field processing. Sec. 307. Ending abuse of parole authority. Sec. 308. Stop Dangerous Sanctuary Cities Act. Sec. 309. Reinstatement of the Secure Communities program. Sec. 310. Prevention and deterrence of fraud in obtaining relief from removal. Subtitle B—Protecting Children and America’s Homeland Act of 2017 Sec. 320.
Short title. Sec. 321. Repatriation of unaccompanied alien children. Sec. 322. Expedited due process and screening for unaccompanied alien children. Sec. 323. Child welfare and law enforcement information sharing. Sec. 324. Accountability for children and taxpayers. Sec. 325. Custody of unaccompanied alien children in formal removal proceeding. Sec. 326. Fraud in connection with the transfer of custody of unaccompanied alien children. Sec. 327. Notification of States and foreign governments, reporting, and monitoring.
Sec. 328. Emergency immigration judge resources. Sec. 329. Reports to Congress. TITLE IV—Penalties for smuggling, drug trafficking, human trafficking, terrorism, and illegal entry and reentry; bars to readmission of removed aliens Sec. 401. Dangerous human smuggling, human trafficking, and human rights violations. Sec. 402. Putting the Brakes on Human Smuggling Act. Sec. 403. Drug trafficking and crimes of violence committed by illegal aliens. Sec. 404. Establishing inadmissibility and deportability.
Sec. 405. Penalties for illegal entry; enhanced penalties for entering with intent to aid, abet, or commit terrorism. Sec. 406. Penalties for reentry of removed aliens. Sec. 407. Laundering of monetary instruments. Sec. 408. Freezing bank accounts of international criminal organizations and money launderers. Sec. 409. Criminal proceeds laundered through prepaid access devices, digital currencies, or other similar instruments. Sec. 410. Closing the loophole on drug cartel associates engaged in money laundering.
TITLE V—Protecting national security and public safety Subtitle A—General matters Sec. 501. Definition of engaging in terrorist activity. Sec. 502. Terrorist grounds of inadmissibility. Sec. 503. Expedited removal for aliens inadmissible on criminal or security grounds. Sec. 504. Detention of removable aliens. Sec. 505. GAO study on deaths in custody. Sec. 506. GAO study on migrant deaths. Sec. 507. Statute of limitations for visa, naturalization, and other fraud offenses involving war crimes or human rights violations.
Sec. 508. Criminal detention of aliens to protect public safety. Sec. 509. Recruitment of persons to participate in terrorism. Sec. 510. Barring and removing persecutors, war criminals, and participants in crimes against humanity from the United States. Sec. 511. Gang membership, removal, and increased criminal penalties related to gang violence. Sec. 512. Barring aliens with convictions for driving under the influence or while intoxicated. Sec. 513. Barring aggravated felons, border checkpoint runners, and sex offenders from admission to the United States.
Sec. 514. Protecting immigrants from convicted sex offenders. Sec. 515. Enhanced criminal penalties for high speed flight. Sec. 516. Prohibition on asylum and cancellation of removal for terrorists. Sec. 517. Aggravated felonies. Sec. 518. Convictions. Sec. 519. Pardons. Sec. 520. Failure to obey removal orders. Sec. 521. Sanctions for countries that delay or prevent repatriation of their nationals. Sec. 522. Enhanced penalties for construction and use of border tunnels. Sec. 523.
Enhanced penalties for fraud and misuse of visas, permits, and other documents. Sec. 524. Expansion of criminal alien repatriation programs. Subtitle B—Strong Visa Integrity Secures America Act Sec. 531. Short title. Sec. 532. Visa security. Sec. 533. Electronic passport screening and biometric matching. Sec. 534. Reporting visa overstays. Sec. 535. Student and exchange visitor information system verification. Sec. 536. Social media review of visa applicants. Subtitle C—Visa cancellation and revocation Sec. 541.
Cancellation of additional visas. Sec. 542. Visa information sharing. Sec. 543. Visa interviews. Sec. 544. Judicial review of visa revocation. Subtitle D—Secure Visas Act Sec. 551. Short title. Sec. 552. Authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security and Secretary of State. Subtitle E—Other Matters Sec. 561. Requirement for completion of background checks. Sec. 562. Withholding of adjudication. Sec. 563. Access to the National Crime Information Center Interstate Identification Index.
Sec. 564. Appropriate remedies for immigration litigation. Sec. 565. Use of 1986 IRCA legalization information for national security purposes. Sec. 566. Uniform statute of limitations for certain immigration, naturalization, and peonage offenses. Sec. 567. Conforming amendment to the definition of racketeering activity. Sec. 568. Validity of electronic signatures. TITLE VI—Prohibition on terrorists obtaining lawful status in the United States Subtitle A—Prohibition on adjustment to lawful permanent resident status Sec. 601.
Lawful permanent residents as applicants for admission. Sec. 602. Date of admission for purposes of adjustment of status. Sec. 603. Precluding asylee and refugee adjustment of status for certain grounds of inadmissibility and deportability. Sec. 604. Precluding refugee adjustment of status for persecutors and human rights violators. Sec. 605. Removal of condition on lawful permanent resident status prior to naturalization. Sec. 606. Prohibition on terrorists and aliens who pose a threat to national security or public safety from receiving an adjustment of status.
Sec. 607. Treatment of applications for adjustment of status during pending denaturalization proceedings. Sec. 608. Extension of time limit to permit rescission of permanent resident status. Sec. 609. Barring persecutors and terrorists from registry. Subtitle B—Prohibition on naturalization and United States citizenship Sec. 621. Barring terrorists from becoming naturalized United States citizens. Sec. 622. Terrorist bar to good moral character. Sec. 623. Prohibition on judicial review of naturalization applications for aliens in removal proceedings.
Sec. 624. Limitation on judicial review when agency has not made decision on naturalization application and on denials. Sec. 625. Clarification of denaturalization authority. Sec. 626. Denaturalization of terrorists. Sec. 627. Treatment of pending applications during denaturalization proceedings. Sec. 628. Naturalization document retention. Subtitle C—Forfeiture of Proceeds from Passport and Visa Offences, and Passport Revocation. Sec. 631. Forfeiture of proceeds from passport and visa offenses.
Sec. 632. Passport Revocation Act. TITLE VII—Other matters Sec. 701. Other Immigration and Nationality Act amendments. Sec. 702. Exemption from the Administrative Procedure Act. Sec. 703. Exemption from the Paperwork Reduction Act. Sec. 704. Ability to fill and retain DHS positions in U.S. territories. Sec. 705. Severability. Sec. 706. Funding. TITLE VIII—Technical amendments Sec. 801. References to the Immigration and Nationality Act. Sec. 802. Title I technical amendments. Sec. 803.
Title II technical amendments. Sec. 804. Title III technical amendments. Sec. 805. Title IV technical amendments. Sec. 806. Title V technical amendments. Sec. 807. Other amendments. Sec. 808. Repeals; construction. Sec. 809. Miscellaneous technical corrections.