Visa Overstays Penalties Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 3781 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3781 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to expand penalties for illegal entry and presence. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 5, 2025 Mr. Moran (for himself, Mr. Fine, Mr. Pfluger, Ms. Hageman, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. Biggs of Arizona, and Mr. Babin) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to expand penalties for illegal entry and presence. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Visa Overstays Penalties Act''. SEC. 2. EXPANDED PENALTIES FOR ILLEGAL ENTRY OR PRESENCE. Section 275 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1325) is amended-- (1) in subsection (a) by inserting after ``for a subsequent commission of any such offense'' the following: ``or if the alien was previously convicted of an offense under subsection (e)(1)''; (2) in subsection (b)-- (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``at least $50 and not more than $250'' and inserting ``at least $500 and not more than $1,000''; and (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting after ``in the case of an alien who has been previously subject to a civil penalty under this subsection'' the following: ``or subsection (e)(2)''; and (3) by adding at the end the following: ``(e) Visa Overstays.--Any alien who was admitted as a nonimmigrant and who has failed to maintain the nonimmigrant status in which the alien was admitted or to which it was changed under section 248, or to comply with the conditions of any such status, for an aggregate of 10 days, has violated this subsection. An alien who