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Specifies which Cabinet officials are meant in current immigration law by replacing the generic term “Secretary” with “Secretary of Homeland Security” in parts of 8 U.S.C. 1253(d), and changing one occurrence of “Secretary that” to “Secretary of State that.” The change is a textual clarification that assigns specific departmental titles in place of ambiguous language.
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced April 17, 2025 by Garland H. Barr · Last progress April 17, 2025