Fraud Accountability Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6975 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6975 To subject aliens convicted of fraud to deportation and to bestow concurrent jurisdiction to revoke the citizenship of any naturalized United States citizen convicted of fraud on any court that enters such a conviction. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 8, 2026 Mr. Carter of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Wied, and Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To subject aliens convicted of fraud to deportation and to bestow concurrent jurisdiction to revoke the citizenship of any naturalized United States citizen convicted of fraud on any court that enters such a conviction. 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 ``Fraud Accountability Act''. SEC. 2. INCLUDING FRAUD AS A DEPORTABLE OFFENSE. Section 237(a)(2)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)(A)) is amended-- (1) by redesignating clause (vi) as clause (vii); (2) by inserting after clause (v) the following: ``(vi) Notwithstanding the fraud loss threshold established in the definition of aggravated felony under section 101(a)(43)(M), any alien who is convicted of a crime involving fraud committed against any private individual, fund, corporation, or government entity is deportable.''; and (3) in clause (vii), as redesignated, by striking ``and (iv)'' and inserting ``(iv), and (vi)''. SEC. 3. MANDATORY DETENTION. Section 236(c)(1)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(c)(1)(B)) is amended by striking ``covered in section 237(a)(2)(A)(ii), (A)(iii), (B), (C), or (D)'' and inser