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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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