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Union Calendar No. 292 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6976 

[Report No. 118–357] 

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that aliens who 

have been convicted of or who have committed an offense for driving 

while intoxicated or impaired are inadmissible and deportable. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 11, 2024 

Mr. MOORE of Alabama introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on the Judiciary 

JANUARY 25, 2024 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 11, 2024] 


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A BILL 

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide 

that aliens who have been convicted of or who have 

committed an offense for driving while intoxicated or 

impaired are inadmissible and deportable. 


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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protect Our Commu5 nities from DUIs Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. INADMISSIBILITY AND DEPORTABILITY RELATED 

7 TO DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED OR IM8 PAIRED. 

9 (a) INADMISSIBILITY.—Section 212(a)(2) of the Immi10 gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)) is 

11 amended by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(J) DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED OR IM13 PAIRED.—Any alien who has been convicted of, 

14 who admits having committed, or who admits 

15 committing acts which constitute the essential 

16 elements of an offense for driving while intoxi17 cated or impaired, as those terms are defined 

18 under the law of the jurisdiction where the con19 viction, offense, or acts constituting the essential 

20 elements of the offense occurred (including an of21 fense for driving while under the influence of or 

22 impaired by alcohol or drugs), without regard to 

23 whether the conviction or offense is classified as 

24 a misdemeanor or felony under Federal, State, 

25 tribal, or local law, is inadmissible.’’. 


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1 (b) DEPORTABILITY.—Section 237(a)(2) of the Immi2 gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)) is 

3 amended by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(G) DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED OR IM5 PAIRED.—Any alien who has been convicted of 

6 an offense for driving while intoxicated or im7 paired, as those terms are defined under the law 

8 of the jurisdiction where the conviction occurred 

9 (including a conviction for driving while under 

10 the influence of or impaired by alcohol or drugs), 

11 without regard to whether the conviction is clas12 sified as a misdemeanor or felony under Federal, 

13 State, tribal, or local law, is deportable.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 292 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6976 

[Report No. 118–357] 

A BILL 

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to 

portable. intoxicated or impaired are inadmissible and dewho have committed an offense for driving while provide that aliens who have been convicted of or 

JANUARY 25, 2024 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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