BE GONE Act
Summary
Better Enforcement of Grievous Offenses by unNaturalized Emigrants or the BE GONE Act This bill expands, for immigration purposes, the definition of aggravated felony to include sexual assault and aggravated sexual violence. (Under current law, a conviction for an aggravated felony is grounds for deportation and may bar an individual from other immigration-related benefits.)
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Oct 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Oct 6, 2021
Last action Oct 6, 2021
Floor votes
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
2
Key actions
0
Committee
1
Oct 6, 2021
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
upper
Oct 6, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 22 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Joni Ernst
RRepublican
Co
Bill Hagerty
RRepublican
Co
Chuck Grassley
RRepublican
Co
Cindy Hyde-Smith
RRepublican
Co
Cynthia M. Lummis
RRepublican
Co
James Lankford
RRepublican
Co
John Boozman
RRepublican
Co
John Cornyn
RRepublican
Co
John Hoeven
RRepublican
Co
John Kennedy
RRepublican
Co
John Thune
RRepublican
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