H.R. 30

Summary

H.R. 30, the Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act, was introduced in the House on Jan 3, 2025 by Rep. Nancy Mace (R) with 60 co-sponsors. It was referred to Judiciary, and last saw action on Jan 17, 2025: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Record

Text

H.R. 30 has 60 co-sponsors and 2 roll calls.

119 HR 30 EH: Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
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 119th CONGRESS  1st Session
 H. R. 30
 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 AN ACT
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that aliens who have been convicted of or who have committed sex offenses or domestic violence are inadmissible and deportable.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act  .
2.
Inadmissibility and deportability related to sex offenses, domestic violence, stalking, child abuse, or violation of protection order
(a)
Inadmissibility
Section 212(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2) ) is amended by adding at the end the following:
(J)
Sex offenses
Any alien who has been convicted of, who admits having committed, or who admits committing acts which constitute the essential elements of a sex offense (as such term is defined in section 111(5) of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 ( 34 U.S.C. 20911(5) )), or a conspiracy to commit such an offense, is inadmissible.
(K)
Domestic violence, stalking, child abuse, or violation of protection order
Any alien who has been convicted of, who admits having committed, or who admits committing acts which constitute the essential elements of—
(i)
a crime of domestic violence (as such term is defined in section 237(a)(2)(E));
(ii)
a crime of stalking;
(iii)
a crime of child abuse, child neglect, or child abandonment; or
(iv)
a crime of violating the portion of a protection order (as such term is defined in section 237(a)(2)(E)) that involves protection against credible threats of violence, repeated harassment, or bodily injury to the person or persons for whom the protection order was issued,
 is inadmissible.
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(b)
Deportability
Section 237(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2) ) is amended—
(1)
in subparagraph (E)—
(A)
in the heading, by striking
crimes against children and   and inserting
and crimes against children  ; and
(B)
in clause (i), by inserting before the period at the end the following  , and includes any crime that constitutes domestic violence, as such term is defined in section 40002(a) of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 ( 34 U.S.C. 12291(a) ), regardless of whether the jurisdiction receives grant funding under that Act ; and
(2)
by adding at the end the following:
(G)
Sex offenses
Any alien who has been convicted of a sex offense (as such term is defined in section 111(5) of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 ( 34 U.S.C. 20911(5) )) or a conspiracy to commit such an offense, is deportable.
 .
    Passed the House of Representatives January 16, 2025.  Kevin F. McCumber,  Clerk.

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CRS Summary

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Sponsors

Rep. Nancy Mace (R) sponsors H.R. 30, and 60 members have co-sponsored it, 15 of them from the day it was introduced.

Nancy Mace

Rep. · R–SC-1 · Sponsor

Introduced Jan 3, 2025

Andy Biggs

Rep. · R–AZ-5 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 3, 2025 · Original

Sheri Biggs

Rep. · R–SC-3 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 3, 2025 · Original

Lauren Boebert

Rep. · R–CO-3 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 3, 2025 · Original

Scott Fitzgerald

Rep. · R–WI-5 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 3, 2025 · Original

Ernest Gonzales

Rep. · R–TX-23 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 3, 2025 · Original

Erin Houchin

Rep. · R–IN-9 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 3, 2025 · Original

Nicole Malliotakis

Rep. · R–NY-11 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 3, 2025 · Original

Troy Nehls

Rep. · R–TX-22 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 3, 2025 · Original

Zachary Nunn

Rep. · R–IA-3 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 3, 2025 · Original

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Committees

H.R. 30 went before 2 committees: Judiciary and Judiciary.

Judiciary

Judiciary

Referred To · Jan 17, 2025

Judiciary

Judiciary

Referred To · Jan 3, 2025 · 2,181 Bills

Actions

H.R. 30 has taken 12 actions since Jan 3, 2025, the latest on Jan 17, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 30 went to 2 roll calls in the House, the latest on Jan 16, 2025 at 274–145.

Related bills

2 bills are related to H.R. 30.

HRES 5Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, and for other purposes.Jan 3, 2025 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. · Related billS 158Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens ActJan 21, 2025 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. · Identical bill

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Titles

H.R. 30 goes by 6 titles, 3 of them short titles.

• Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act — Display Title
• To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that aliens who have been convicted of or who have committed sex offenses or domestic violence are inadmissible and deportable. — Official Titles from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
• Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act — Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
• Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act — Short Title(s) as Passed House
• Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that aliens who have been convicted of or who have committed sex offenses or domestic violence are inadmissible and deportable. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

7 clients hired 7 firms and 27 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 30 in 24 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Immigration, Education, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Budget/Appropriations, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Family issues/Abortion/Adoption, Health Issues, Civil Rights/Civil Liberties.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 27.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 30 under Immigration, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 6 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 30’s is Immigration.

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 30 carries 6 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Assault and harassment offenses to Sex offenses.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 30, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 1 (Friday, January 3, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. MACE:H.R. 30.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution.The single subject of this legislation is:To provide that aliens who have been convicted of or whohave committed sex offenses or domestic violence areinadmissible and deportable.[Page H36]

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