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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY CREIGHTON, BAKER, BARRAR, BELFANTI, BENNINGHOFF, BEYER, CLYMER, FAIRCHILD, GEIST, GIBBONS, GOODMAN, GRELL, GROVE, HENNESSEY, KAUFFMAN, KILLION, MILLER, MURT, O'NEILL, PETRI, PHILLIPS, READSHAW, SIPTROTH, K. SMITH, STERN, SWANGER, VULAKOVICH, WALKO AND YUDICHAK, MARCH 6, 2009 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS, MARCH 6, 2009 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Providing for a memorandum of understanding between the |
2 | Commonwealth and the United States Department of Justice or |
3 | Department of Homeland Security. |
4 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
5 | hereby enacts as follows: |
6 | Section 1. Short title. |
7 | This act shall be known and may be cited as the Security and |
8 | Immigration Compliance Act. |
9 | Section 2. Law enforcement. |
10 | (a) Memorandum of understanding.--The Pennsylvania State |
11 | Police is authorized and directed to negotiate the terms of a |
12 | memorandum of understanding between the Commonwealth and the |
13 | United States Department of Justice or Department of Homeland |
14 | Security concerning the enforcement of Federal immigration and |
15 | customs laws, detention and removals and investigations in this |
16 | Commonwealth. |
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1 | (b) Signatures.--The memorandum of understanding shall be |
2 | signed on behalf of the Commonwealth by the Commissioner of |
3 | Pennsylvania State Police and the Governor or as otherwise |
4 | required by the appropriate Federal agency. |
5 | (c) Training.-- |
6 | (1) The Pennsylvania State Police shall designate |
7 | appropriate law enforcement officers to be trained pursuant |
8 | to the memorandum of understanding. |
9 | (2) The training shall be funded pursuant to the |
10 | Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2006 |
11 | (Public Law 1009-90, 119 Stat. 2064) or any subsequent source |
12 | of Federal funding. |
13 | (3) The provisions of paragraph (1) may not be |
14 | implemented until the funding under paragraph (2) has been |
15 | received. |
16 | (d) Enforcement.--A law enforcement officer certified as |
17 | trained in accordance with the memorandum of understanding shall |
18 | be authorized to enforce Federal immigration and customs laws |
19 | while performing within the scope of the officer's authorized |
20 | duties. |
21 | Section 20. Effective date. |
22 | This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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