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Union Calendar No. 38 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2494 

[Report No. 118–55] 

To make the assault of a law enforcement officer a deportable offense, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 6, 2023 

Mr. GARBARINO (for himself, Ms. MALLIOTAKIS, Mr. BISHOP of North Carolina, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, Mr. MEUSER, and 

Mrs. CAMMACK) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on the Judiciary 

MAY 15, 2023 

Additional sponsors: Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. NORMAN, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. 

RESCHENTHALER, Mr. D’ESPOSITO, Mrs. LESKO, Ms. GREENE of Georgia, Ms. VAN DUYNE, Mr. LALOTA, and Mr. EDWARDS

MAY 15, 2023 

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 April 6, 2023] 


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A BILL 

To make the assault of a law enforcement officer a 

deportable offense, and for other purposes. 


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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 Law en5 forcement with Immigration Control and Enforcement Act 

6 of 2023’’ or the ‘‘POLICE Act of 2023’’. 

7 SEC. 2. ASSAULT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. 

8 Section 237(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality 

9 Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end 

10 the following: 

11 ‘‘(G) ASSAULT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFI12 CER.— 

13 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Any alien who has 

14 been convicted of, who admits having com15 mitted, or who admits committing acts 

16 which constitute the essential elements of, 

17 any offense involving assault of a law en18 forcement officer is deportable. 

19 ‘‘(ii) CIRCUMSTANCES.—The cir20 cumstances referred to in clause (i) are that 

21 the law enforcement officer was assaulted— 

22 ‘‘(I) while he or she was engaged 

23 in the performance of his or her official 

24 duties; 


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1 ‘‘(II) because of the performance 

2 of his or her official duties; or 

3 ‘‘(III) because of his or her status 

4 as a law enforcement officer. 

5 ‘‘(iii) DEFINITIONS.—In this subpara6 graph— 

7 ‘‘(I) the term ‘assault’ has the 

8 meaning given that term in the juris9 diction where the act occurred; and 

10 ‘‘(II) the term ‘law enforcement 

11 officer’ is a person authorized by 

12 law— 

13 ‘‘(aa) to apprehend, arrest, 

14 or prosecute an individual for 

15 any criminal violation of law; or 

16 ‘‘(bb) to be a firefighter or 

17 other first responder.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 38 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2494 

[Report No. 118–55] 

A BILL 

To make the assault of a law enforcement officer 

a deportable offense, and for other purposes. 

MAY 15, 2023 

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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