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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8146 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 20, 2024 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

AN ACT 

To require a report by the Attorney General on the impact 

the border crisis is having on law enforcement at the 

Federal, State, local, and Tribal level. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Police Our Border 

3 Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

5 Congress finds as follows: 

6 (1) Our Federal, State, local, and Tribal law 

7 enforcement officers put their lives on the line each 

8 day in order to protect our country and serve their 

9 communities. 

10 (2) According to the National Law Enforce11 ment Officer Memorial Fund, 136 law enforcement 

12 officers died in the line-of-duty in 2023. 

13 (3) Congress should do everything in its power 

14 to support law enforcement officers at every level 

15 and in every part of our nation. 

16 (4) The southwest border crisis created by the 

17 Biden Administration has made every state a border 

18 state. 

19 (5) The Biden border crisis has placed a burden 

20 on law enforcement agencies across the nation and 

21 has placed a significant strain on the resources that 

22 are critical to keeping communities safe. 

23 (6) Law enforcement officers in every state are 

24 put in life-threatening scenarios as a direct result of 

25 the open borders. 


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1 (7) Law enforcement has been forced to deal 

2 with the influx of fentanyl and many officers are ex3 posed to the drug while on duty. 

4 (8) It is in the best interest of law enforcement 

5 officers and the communities they serve for Congress 

6 to pass, and the President to sign into law, strong 

7 border security legislation, and for the President to 

8 utilize long standing authorities, including under 

9 section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality 

10 Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)), to secure the southern bor11 der. 

12 SEC. 3. REPORT. 

13 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 

14 of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit to Congress 

15 a report on the impact the Biden border crisis is having 

16 on law enforcement officers at the Federal, State, local, 

17 and Tribal level, including— 

18 (1) the estimated dollar amount of all resources 

19 devoted to addressing the Biden border crisis, and 

20 the extent to which such resources are not available 

21 to law enforcement agencies; 

22 (2) the exposure of law enforcement officers to 

23 fentanyl resulting from encounters with illegal aliens 

24 at the border and in the United States, and the na25 tionality of each such alien; 


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1 (3) injuries to law enforcement officers based 

2 on a connection to the Biden border crisis or expo3 sure to fentanyl; 

4 (4) the morale of law enforcement officers; 

5 (5) the recruiting impact on hiring law enforce6 ment as a result of the Biden border crisis; 

7 (6) estimated dollar amount States expended on 

8 local law enforcement efforts to investigate, inter9 cept, and process, which includes the entire evidence 

10 lifecycle, from collection and analysis to storage and 

11 final destruction, fentanyl trafficked from the United 

12 States border; and 

13 (7) how many law enforcement officers have 

14 been reassigned and local resources reallocated to in15 vestigate, intercept, and process, which includes the 

16 entire evidence lifecycle, from collection and analysis 

17 to storage and final destruction, fentanyl trafficked 

18 from the United States border. 

Passed the House of Representatives May 16, 2024. 

Attest: KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 

Clerk. 


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