Fraud Accountability Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill defines makes any fraud conviction against a private person, fund, corporation, or government entity a deportable offense without regard to the current aggravated-felony fraud loss threshold and requires makes the Act effective immediately and applies the denaturalization changes to certain fraud conduct committed on or after September 30, 1996, when no arrest, charge, or indictment occurred before enactment. It relies on definition changes and compliance mandates. The main policy areas are Civil Rights and Immigration.
Who Benefits and How
The available clause analysis does not identify a specific beneficiary group.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Noncitizens convicted of fraud offenses could face increased risk and Naturalized citizens with qualifying post-1996 fraud conduct covered by the bill's retroactive applicability rule could face increased risk.
Key Provisions
- Defines makes any fraud conviction against a private person, fund, corporation, or government entity a deportable offense without regard to the current aggravated-felony fraud loss threshold.
- Requires makes the Act effective immediately and applies the denaturalization changes to certain fraud conduct committed on or after September 30, 1996, when no arrest, charge, or indictment occurred before enactment.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill defines makes any fraud conviction against a private person, fund, corporation, or government entity a deportable offense without regard to the current aggravated-felony fraud loss threshold and requires makes the Act effective immediately and applies the denaturalization changes to certain fraud conduct committed on or after September 30, 1996, when no arrest, charge, or indictment occurred before enactment.
Key Policy Areas
Civil Rights, Immigration
Primary Purpose
The bill defines makes any fraud conviction against a private person, fund, corporation, or government entity a deportable offense without regard to the current aggravated-felony fraud loss threshold and requires makes the Act effective immediately and applies the denaturalization changes to certain fraud conduct committed on or after September 30, 1996, when no arrest, charge, or indictment occurred before enactment.
Policy Domains
Fraud-Based Deportation and Denaturalization Consequences
Identified Costs
- Noncitizens convicted of fraud offenses
- Naturalized citizens with qualifying post-1996 fraud conduct covered by the bill's retroactive applicability rule
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMrs. Blackburn (for herself, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Budd, …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Naturalized citizens with qualifying post-1996 fraud conduct covered by the bill's retroactive applicability rule, Noncitizens convicted of fraud offenses
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "courts"
- → United States courts
- "immigration_authorities"
- → Federal immigration authorities
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