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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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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protect Our Commu-
nities from DUIs Act’’. 
SEC. 2. INADMISSIBILITY AND DEPORTABILITY RELATED 
TO DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED OR IM-
PAIRED. 
(a) INADMISSIBILITY.—Section 212(a)(2) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(J) DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED OR IM-
PAIRED.—Any alien who has been convicted of, 
who admits having committed, or who admits 
committing acts which constitute the essential 
elements of an offense for driving while intoxi-
cated or impaired, as those terms are defined 
under the law of the jurisdiction where the con-
viction, offense, or acts constituting the essential 
elements of the offense occurred (including an of-
fense for driving while under the influence of or 
impaired by alcohol or drugs), without regard to 
whether the conviction or offense is classified as 
a misdemeanor or felony under Federal, State, 
tribal, or local law, is inadmissible.’’. 
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(b) DEPORTABILITY.—Section 237(a)(2) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(G) DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED OR IM-
PAIRED.—Any alien who has been convicted of 
an offense for driving while intoxicated or im-
paired, as those terms are defined under the law 
of the jurisdiction where the conviction occurred 
(including a conviction for driving while under 
the influence of or impaired by alcohol or drugs), 
without regard to whether the conviction is clas-
sified as a misdemeanor or felony under Federal, 
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 
provide that aliens who have been convicted of or 
who have committed an offense for driving while 
intoxicated or impaired are inadmissible and de-
portable. 
JANUARY 25, 2024 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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