text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``Transnational Criminal Organization 
  Illicit Spotter Prevention and Elimination Act''.
  
  SEC. 2. UNLAWFULLY HINDERING IMMIGRATION, BORDER, AND CUSTOMS CONTROLS.
  
      (a) Enhanced Penalties.--
              (1) In general.--Chapter 9 of title II of the Immigration 
          and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1351 et seq.) is amended by 
          adding at the end the following:
  
  ``SEC. 295. UNLAWFULLY HINDERING IMMIGRATION, BORDER, AND CUSTOMS 
                CONTROLS.
  
      ``(a) Illicit Spotting.--Any person who knowingly transmits, by any 
  means, to another person the location, movement, or activities of any 
  Federal, State, local, or tribal law enforcement agency with the intent 
  to further a Federal crime relating to United States immigration, 
  customs, controlled substances, agriculture, monetary instruments, or 
  other border controls shall be fined under title 18, United States 
  Code, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.
      ``(b) Destruction of United States Border Controls.--Any person who 
  knowingly and without lawful authorization destroys, alters, or damages 
  any fence, barrier, sensor, camera, or other physical or electronic 
  device deployed by the Federal Government to control the border or a 
  port of entry or otherwise seeks to construct, excavate, or make any 
  structure intended to defeat, circumvent, or evade any such fence, 
  barrier, sensor camera, or other physical or electronic device deployed 
  by the Federal Government to control the border or a port of entry--
              ``(1) shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, 
          imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both; and
              ``(2) if, at the time of the offense, the person uses or 
          carries a firearm or who, in furtherance of any such crime, 
          possesses a firearm, that person shall be fined under such 
          title 18, imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.
      ``(c) Conspiracy and Attempt.--Any person who attempts or conspires 
  to violate subsection (a) or (b) shall be punished in the same manner 
  as a person who completes a violation of such subsection.''.
              (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of contents in the first 
          section of the Immigration and Nationality Act is amended by 
          inserting after the item relating to section 294 the following:
  
  ``Sec. 295. Unlawfully hindering immigration, border, and customs 
                              controls.''.
      (b) Prohibiting Carrying or Use of a Firearm During and in Relation 
  to an Alien Smuggling Crime.--Section 924(c) of title 18, United States 
  Code, is amended--
              (1) by striking ``For purposes of this subsection,'' each 
          place such phrase appears;
              (2) in paragraph (1)--
                      (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``, alien 
                  smuggling crime,'' after ``crime of violence'' each 
                  place that term appears; and
                      (B) in subparagraph (D)(ii), by inserting ``, alien 
                  smuggling crime,'' after ``crime of violence'';
              (3) in paragraph (3), by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 
          and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and adjusting 
          the margin accordingly;
              (4) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) as 
          subparagraphs (D), (C), and (B), respectively, and adjusting 
          the margin accordingly;
              (5) by transferring subparagraph (B), as redesignated, to 
          appear before subparagraph (C), as redesignated;
              (6) by transferring subparagraph (D), as redesignated, to 
          appear after subparagraph (C), as redesignated;
              (7) by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (2) and 
          transferring the redesignated paragraph to appear after 
          paragraph (1);
              (8) by inserting after paragraph (2), as redesignated and 
          transferred, the following:
      ``(3) As used in this subsection--
              ``(A) the term `alien smuggling crime' means any felony 
          punishable under section 274(a), 277, or 278 of the Immigration 
          and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324(a), 1327, and 1328);''; and
              (9) in paragraph (3), as redesignated--
                      (A) in subparagraph (B), as redesignated, by 
                  striking the period at the end and inserting a 
                  semicolon; and
                      (B) in subparagraph (C)(ii), as redesignated, by 
                  striking the period at the end and inserting ``; and''.
      (c) Conforming Amendments.--
              (1) Bankruptcy code.--Section 707(c)(1)(B) of title 11, 
          United States Code, is amended by striking ``section 
          924(c)(2)'' and inserting ``section 924(c)(3)(D)'';
              (2) Criminal code.--Title 18, United States Code, is 
          amended--
                      (A) in section 844(o)--
                              (i) by striking ``section 924(c)(3)'' and 
                          inserting ``section 924(c)(3)(C)''; and
                              (ii) by striking ``section 924(c)(2)'' and 
                          inserting ``section 924(c)(3)(D)'';
                      (B) in section 1028(b)(3)(B), by striking ``section 
                  924(c)(3)'' and inserting ``section 924(c)(3)(C)''; and
                      (C) in section 4042(b)(3)--
                              (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
                          ``section 924(c)(2)'' and inserting ``section 
                          924(c)(3)(D)''; and
                              (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
                          ``section 924(c)(3)'' and inserting ``section 
                          924(c)(3)(C)''.
              (3) Prisons.--Section 3(1) of the Interstate Transportation 
          of Dangerous Criminals Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 13726a(1)) is 
          amended by striking ``section 924(c)(3)'' and inserting 
          ``section 924(c)(3)(C)''.
      (d) Statute of Limitations.--Section 3298 of title 18, United 
  States Code, is amended--
              (1) by inserting ``or 295'' after ``274(a)''; and
              (2) by inserting ``(8 U.S.C. 1324(a) and 1363b)'' after 
          ``Immigration and Nationality Act''.
target: Transnational Criminal Organization Illicit Spotter Prevention and Elimination Act This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit: (1) transmitting to another person the location, movement, or activities of law enforcement agents while intending to further a federal crime relating to U.S. immigration; (2) destroying, altering, or damaging any physical or electronic device used by the federal government to control the border or any port of entry; or (3) carrying or using a firearm in an alien smuggling crime. 
feat_title: Transnational Criminal Organization Illicit Spotter Prevention and Elimination Act