1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Empowering Law Enforcement Act of 2023 . 2. State defined In this Act, the term State has the meaning given such term in section 101(a)(36) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(36) ). 3. Federal affirmation of immigration law enforcement by States and political subdivisions of States Notwithstanding any other provision of law and reaffirming the existing inherent authority of States, law enforcement personnel of a State or a political subdivision of a State have the inherent authority of a sovereign entity to investigate, identify, apprehend, arrest, detain, or transfer to Federal custody aliens in the United States (including the transportation of such aliens across State lines to detention centers), for the purpose of assisting in the enforcement of the immigration laws of the United States in the normal course of carrying out their law enforcement duties. This State authority has never been displaced or preempted by Federal law. 4. Listing of immigration violators in the national crime information center database (a) Provision of information to the National Crime Information Center (1) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the National Crime Information Center of the Department of Justice (referred to in this section as the NCIC ) any information in the possession of the Secretary related to— (A) any alien against whom a final order of removal has been issued; (B) any alien who is subject to a voluntary departure agreement; (C) any alien who has remained in the United States beyond the alien’s authorized period of stay