{"format":1,"id":"118-hr-7511","congress":118,"number":"H.R. 7511","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Laken Riley Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Title(s) from PCS (Placed on Senate Calendar) bill text","title":"Laken Riley Act"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Laken Riley Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Laken Riley Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Laken Riley Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2024-03-01","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2024-03-07","vote":{"id":"118-2024-h66","question":"On Passage","title":"Laken Riley Act","result":"Passed","yea":251,"nay":170,"present":0,"not_voting":11,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll066.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 341.","date":"2024-03-11"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2024-03-07","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Laken Riley Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to detain certain non-U.S. nationals (aliens under federal law) who have been arrested for burglary, theft, larceny, or shoplifting. The bill also authorizes states to sue the federal government for decisions or alleged failures related to immigration enforcement."},{"k":"p","t":"Under this bill, DHS must detain an individual who (1) is unlawfully present in the United States or did not possess the necessary documents when applying for admission; and (2) has been charged with, arrested for, convicted for, or admits to having committed acts that constitute the essential elements of burglary, theft, larceny, or shoplifting."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill also authorizes state governments to sue for injunctive relief over certain immigration-related decisions or alleged failures by the federal government if the decision or failure caused the state or its residents harm, including financial harm of more than $100. Specifically, the state government may sue the federal government over a"},{"k":"li","t":"decision to release a non-U.S. national from custody;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"failure to fulfill requirements relating to inspecting individuals seeking admission into the United States, including requirements related to asylum interviews;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"failure to fulfill a requirement to stop issuing visas to nationals of a country that unreasonably denies or delays acceptance of nationals of that country;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"violation of limitations on immigration parole, such as the requirement that parole be granted only on a case-by-case basis; or","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"failure to detain an individual who has been ordered removed from the United States.","d":1}],"words":244},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to detain certain aliens who are charged with or arrested for burglary, theft, larceny, or shoplifting, and lets State attorneys general sue federal officials over certain immigration enforcement actions.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7511/text/eh#H793DBCBA2A07463588AC4F4FDBEDECAF"},{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7511/text/eh#H367693DF7C2642C698DCAA0B80D930C6"}]},"core_areas":["Mandatory detention of certain aliens charged with theft-related offenses","State attorney general lawsuits over federal immigration detention, release, parole, and visa decisions"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Adds to the Immigration and Nationality Act's detention list aliens inadmissible on specified grounds who are charged with, arrested for, convicted of, or admit committing acts that are the essential elements of burglary, theft, larceny, or shoplifting.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7511/text/eh#H793DBCBA2A07463588AC4F4FDBEDECAF"}},{"text":"Gives burglary, theft, larceny, and shoplifting, for this purpose, the meaning they have in the jurisdiction where the acts occurred.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7511/text/eh#H793DBCBA2A07463588AC4F4FDBEDECAF"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue a detainer for such an alien and, if no Federal, State, or local official otherwise detains the alien, to effectively and expeditiously take custody of the alien.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7511/text/eh#H793DBCBA2A07463588AC4F4FDBEDECAF"}},{"text":"Gives a State attorney general standing to sue the Secretary of Homeland Security in federal district court for injunctive relief over an alleged violation of the detention and removal requirements for applicants for admission that harms the State or its residents.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7511/text/eh#H367693DF7C2642C698DCAA0B80D930C6"}},{"text":"Gives a State attorney general standing to sue for injunctive relief over a decision to release an alien or grant bond or parole, and directs courts to expedite these cases; harm includes financial harm in excess of $100.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7511/text/eh#H367693DF7C2642C698DCAA0B80D930C6"}},{"text":"Gives a State attorney general standing to sue for injunctive relief over alleged violations of the requirement to stop granting visas, the limit that parole be granted case by case, and the detention requirement during the removal period.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7511/text/eh#H367693DF7C2642C698DCAA0B80D930C6"}}],"unexpected":[{"category":"off_subject","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7511/text/eh#H21A1E83CDE764B668955EC89A43EBC54"},"heading":"Findings; sense of Congress","effect":"States congressional findings and a sense of Congress that name current officials and refer to immigration policies such as parole and the Remain in Mexico policy; it creates no detention or lawsuit provision.","amount":null,"quote":"denounces the open-borders policies of President Joe Biden, “Border Czar” Vice President Kamala Harris, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, and other Biden administration officials"}]},{"category":"selective_carve_out","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7511/text/eh#H367693DF7C2642C698DCAA0B80D930C6"},"heading":"Enforcement by attorney general of a State","effect":"Exempts State attorney general lawsuits brought under the new provisions in sections 235(b)(3), 236(e)–(f), and 241(a)(2)(B) from the existing limit on injunctive relief in section 242(f)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.","amount":null,"quote":"Paragraph (1) shall not apply to an action brought pursuant to section 235(b)(3), subsections (e) or (f) of section 236, or section 241(a)(2)(B)."}]}],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2024-03-07","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7511/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-01","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7511","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7511/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-7511.png","v":"17e67ad04ff7","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 7511, 118th Congress: Laken Riley Act. House: 251 Yea, 170 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 7 Mar 2024."}}