S497-119

In Committee

FENCE Act

119th Congress Introduced Feb 10, 2025

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

The bill exempts loosens a exemption provision: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fixing Exemptions for Networks Choosing to Enable Illegal Migration Act or the FENCE Act and adds or tightens a compliance mandate provision: 2. Organizations harboring aliens unlawfully present in the United States Paragraph (3) of section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— by striking. It relies on exemptions and compliance mandates. The main policy areas are Finance and Immigration.

Who Benefits and How

The available clause analysis does not identify a specific beneficiary group.

Who Bears the Burden and How

No clear private burden is identified from the available clause analysis; implementing agencies may still take on administrative work.

Key Provisions

  • Exempts loosens a exemption provision: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fixing Exemptions for Networks Choosing to Enable Illegal Migration Act or the FENCE Act.
  • Adds or tightens a compliance mandate provision: 2. Organizations harboring aliens unlawfully present in the United States Paragraph (3) of section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— by striking...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for primary purpose and policy domains.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

The bill exempts loosens a exemption provision: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fixing Exemptions for Networks Choosing to Enable Illegal Migration Act or the FENCE Act and adds or tightens a compliance mandate provision: 2. Organizations harboring aliens unlawfully present in the United States Paragraph (3) of section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— by striking.

Key Policy Areas

Finance, Immigration

Primary Purpose

The bill exempts loosens a exemption provision: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fixing Exemptions for Networks Choosing to Enable Illegal Migration Act or the FENCE Act and adds or tightens a compliance mandate provision: 2. Organizations harboring aliens unlawfully present in the United States Paragraph (3) of section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— by striking.

Policy Domains

Finance Immigration

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Feb 10, 2025

Mr. Hagerty introduced the following bill; which was read twice …

Feb 10, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Feb 10, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Finance Immigration
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

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