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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 9361 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9361

 To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to create and maintain a 
   publicly accessible database that contains information about each 
  criminal alien who is released from custody, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 18, 2026

  Mr. Norman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL

 
 To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to create and maintain a 
   publicly accessible database that contains information about each 
  criminal alien who is released from custody, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Worst of the Worst Act''.

SEC. 2. PUBLIC DATABASE OF RELEASED CRIMINAL ALIENS.

    Section 236(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1226(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) Public database.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Not later than 180 days after 
                the date of enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary 
                of Homeland Security, acting through the Director of 
                U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, shall create 
                and maintain a publicly accessible database that 
                includes, for each alien described in paragraph (1) who 
                is released from custody under this subsection, the 
                following:
                            ``(i) A photograph of the alien.
                            ``(ii) The name of the alien.
                            ``(iii) A general physical description of 
                        the alien, including height and weight.
                            ``(iv) The jurisdiction where the alien was 
                        released.
                            ``(v) The date on which the alien was 
                        released.
                            ``(vi) The subparagraph under paragraph (1) 
                        in which the alien is described.
                    ``(B) Searchability.--The database created under 
                subparagraph (A) shall be searchable by the name of the 
                alien released from custody and the name of the 
                jurisdiction where the alien was released.''.
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Worst of the Worst Act

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