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Angus King (I-ME)

S.Amdt. 28

S.Amdt. 28 · Senate amendment

A amendment from an independent · See the cosponsor

Changes S. 5 — Laken Riley Act

Not adopted

This amendment was never taken up, and the bill finished without it. It was never voted on.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. Pending Consideration
  3. Failed

What this amendment would do

  • Mr. King submitted the amendment to be proposed to the bill S. 5.
  • The original bill requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft, and for other purposes.
  • The amendment aims to change the bill by striking lines 15 through 19 on page 2.
  • It inserts the text stating that the individual ``has been convicted of burglary, theft, larceny, or shoplifting,''.