IIB 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7343 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 16, 2024 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
AN ACT 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide 
for the detention of certain aliens who commit assault 
against law enforcement officers. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Detain and Deport 
Illegal Aliens Who Assault Cops Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DETENTION OF CERTAIN ALIENS WHO COMMIT AS-
SAULT AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFI-
CERS. 
Section 236(c) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1226(c)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘Attorney General’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Secretary of Homeland Security’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘, 
or’’ and inserting a comma; 
(C) in subparagraph (D), by adding ‘‘or’’ 
at the end; and 
(D) by inserting after subparagraph (D) 
the following: 
‘‘(E)(i) is inadmissible under section 
212(a)(6)(A) or (C) or under section 212(a)(7); 
and 
‘‘(ii) is charged with, is arrested for, is 
convicted of, admits having committed, or ad-
mits committing acts which constitute the es-
sential elements of any offense involving assault 
of a law enforcement officer,’’; 
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(2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para-
graph (4); and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) CIRCUMSTANCES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The circumstances re-
ferred to in paragraph (1)(E) are that the law 
enforcement officer was assaulted— 
‘‘(i) while he or she was engaged in 
the performance of his or her official du-
ties; 
‘‘(ii) because of the performance of his 
or her official duties; or 
‘‘(iii) because of his or her status as 
a law enforcement officer. 
‘‘(B) 
DEFINITIONS.—For 
purposes 
of 
paragraph (1)(E)— 
‘‘(i) the term ‘assault’ has the mean-
ing given that term in the jurisdiction 
where the acts occurred; and 
‘‘(ii) the term ‘law enforcement offi-
cer’ is a person authorized by law— 
‘‘(I) to engage in or supervise the 
prevention, detention, investigation, or 
prosecution, or the incarceration of 
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any person for any criminal violation 
of law; 
‘‘(II) to apprehend, arrest, or 
prosecute an individual for any crimi-
nal violation of law; 
‘‘(III) to be a firefighter or other 
first responder; or 
‘‘(IV) to be a campus police offi-
cer or a school resource officer. 
‘‘(3) DETAINER.—The Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall issue a detainer for an alien described 
in paragraph (1)(E) and, if the alien is not other-
wise detained by Federal, State, or local officials, 
shall effectively and expeditiously take custody of the 
alien. 
‘‘(4) ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF 
HOMELAND SECURITY.—The Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall on an annual basis report to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary of the House of Representa-
tives the number of aliens described in paragraph 
(1)(E) who were detained in the custody of the De-
partment of Homeland Security in the preceding 
year pursuant to such section.’’. 
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SEC. 3. GAO STUDY. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall complete a study and submit a report to Congress 
on the number of aliens present in the United States who 
are inadmissible under section 212(a)(6)(A) or (C) or 
under section 212(a)(7) of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act who were detained, during the 5 year period pre-
ceding the date of the report, for committing an assault 
against a law enforcement officer. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 15, 2024. 
Attest: 
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 
Clerk. 
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