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Eric Schmitt (R-MO)

SCAM Act

S. 3674 · Senate bill Immigration

A Republican bill with 12 Republican cosponsors · See all 12 cosponsors

Last activity — Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 301.

Cleared committee, waiting for its first floor vote

A committee approved it and it is on the calendar of the chamber it started in.

This is further than most bills get, and still no promise of a vote: the calendar is a queue, and the majority leadership decides what is called. A bill can sit here until the Congress ends.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. On Calendar

What this bill would do

The "Stop Citizenship Abuse and Misrepresentation Act," or the "SCAM Act," aims to expand the grounds for civil denaturalization proceedings. It targets naturalized citizens who have engaged in specific behaviors during the first 10 years of their citizenship. These behaviors include defrauding governmental programs, joining foreign terrorist organizations, or committing certain criminal offenses like espionage or aggravated felonies. The bill establishes that such actions can serve as sufficient evidence that the individual lacked the required moral character at the time of naturalization. If citizenship is revoked, it is treated as void from the original date of issuance. Individuals subject to these proceedings may be subject to removal via expedited proceedings.

Yes

  • Scored +2

    Does this reduce what the federal government spends?

    The bill targets individuals who defraud governmental programs of benefits of at least $10,000.

  • Scored +1

    Does this tighten control of the border?

    The bill provides for expedited removal proceedings for denaturalized individuals.

The opposite· 3 of 6

  • Scored -7

    Would immigrants be better off under this?

    The bill expands the grounds for stripping citizenship and subjects individuals to expedited removal.

  • Scored -5

    Does this make it easier for immigrants already here to become citizens?

    The bill expands the grounds for civil denaturalization, making naturalized citizenship more precarious.

  • Scored -4

    Does this protect the right to fair treatment by the courts?

    The bill allows for denaturalization based on prima facie evidence and subjects individuals to expedited removal.