IIB 
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. 
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 ‘‘Police Our Border 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds as follows: 
(1) Our Federal, State, local, and Tribal law 
enforcement officers put their lives on the line each 
day in order to protect our country and serve their 
communities. 
(2) According to the National Law Enforce-
ment Officer Memorial Fund, 136 law enforcement 
officers died in the line-of-duty in 2023. 
(3) Congress should do everything in its power 
to support law enforcement officers at every level 
and in every part of our nation. 
(4) The southwest border crisis created by the 
Biden Administration has made every state a border 
state. 
(5) The Biden border crisis has placed a burden 
on law enforcement agencies across the nation and 
has placed a significant strain on the resources that 
are critical to keeping communities safe. 
(6) Law enforcement officers in every state are 
put in life-threatening scenarios as a direct result of 
the open borders. 
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(7) Law enforcement has been forced to deal 
with the influx of fentanyl and many officers are ex-
posed to the drug while on duty. 
(8) It is in the best interest of law enforcement 
officers and the communities they serve for Congress 
to pass, and the President to sign into law, strong 
border security legislation, and for the President to 
utilize long standing authorities, including under 
section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)), to secure the southern bor-
der. 
SEC. 3. REPORT. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit to Congress 
a report on the impact the Biden border crisis is having 
on law enforcement officers at the Federal, State, local, 
and Tribal level, including— 
(1) the estimated dollar amount of all resources 
devoted to addressing the Biden border crisis, and 
the extent to which such resources are not available 
to law enforcement agencies; 
(2) the exposure of law enforcement officers to 
fentanyl resulting from encounters with illegal aliens 
at the border and in the United States, and the na-
tionality of each such alien; 
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(3) injuries to law enforcement officers based 
on a connection to the Biden border crisis or expo-
sure to fentanyl; 
(4) the morale of law enforcement officers; 
(5) the recruiting impact on hiring law enforce-
ment as a result of the Biden border crisis; 
(6) estimated dollar amount States expended on 
local law enforcement efforts to investigate, inter-
cept, and process, which includes the entire evidence 
lifecycle, from collection and analysis to storage and 
final destruction, fentanyl trafficked from the United 
States border; and 
(7) how many law enforcement officers have 
been reassigned and local resources reallocated to in-
vestigate, intercept, and process, which includes the 
entire evidence lifecycle, from collection and analysis 
to storage and final destruction, fentanyl trafficked 
from the United States border. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 16, 2024. 
Attest: 
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 
Clerk. 
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