Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act

Bill: 118-hr-6976
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Moore, Barry [R-AL-2]
Introduced: 2024-01-11
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Alcoholic beverages

Drug, alcohol, tobacco use

Immigration status and procedures
Latest action: action_date: 2024-03-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2024-01-11
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act</b></p> <p>This bill makes driving while intoxicated or impaired a ground for (1) barring a non-U.S. national (<em>alien</em> under federal law) from admission into the United States, or (2) deporting the individual.</p> <p>The bar to admission shall apply to an individual who has been convicted of the offense or has admitted to having committed the acts which constitute the elements of the offense. As a ground for deportability, the individual must have been convicted of the offense.</p>

action_date: 2024-01-25
action_desc: Reported to House
text: <p><b>Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act</b></p> <p>This bill makes driving while intoxicated or impaired a ground for (1) barring a non-U.S. national (<em>alien</em> under federal law) from admission into the United States, or (2) deporting the individual.</p> <p>The bar to admission shall apply to an individual who has been convicted of the offense or has admitted to having committed the acts which constitute the elements of the offense. As a ground for deportability, the individual must have been convicted of the offense.</p>

tv_txt: IIB 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6976 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 5, 2024 Received March 6, 2024 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary AN ACT 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act . 2. Inadmissibility and deportability related to driving while intoxicated or impaired (a) Inadmissibility Section 212(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (J) Driving while intoxicated or impaired 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 intoxicated or impaired, as those terms are defined under the law of the jurisdiction where the conviction, offense, or acts constituting the essential elements of the offense occurred (including an offense 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. . (b) Deportability Section 237(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (G) Driving while intoxicated or impaired Any alien who has been convicted of an offense for driving while intoxicated or impaired, 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 classified as a misdemeanor or felony under Federal, State, tribal, or local law, is deportable. .

Passed the House of Representatives February 1, 2024. Kevin F. McCumber, Clerk.

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6976 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act . 2. Inadmissibility and deportability related to driving while intoxicated or impaired (a) Inadmissibility Section 212(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (J) Driving while intoxicated or impaired 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 intoxicated or impaired, as those terms are defined under the law of the jurisdiction where the conviction, offense, or acts constituting the essential elements of the offense occurred (including an offense 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. . (b) Deportability Section 237(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (G) Driving while intoxicated or impaired Any alien who has been convicted of an offense for driving while intoxicated or impaired, 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 classified as a misdemeanor or felony under Federal, State, tribal, or local law, is deportable. .

Passed the House of Representatives February 1, 2024. Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk.

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 292 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6976 [Report No. 118–357] 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 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act . 2. Inadmissibility and deportability related to driving while intoxicated or impaired (a) Inadmissibility Section 212(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (J) Driving while intoxicated or impaired 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 intoxicated or impaired, as those terms are defined under the law of the jurisdiction where the conviction, offense, or acts constituting the essential elements of the offense occurred (including an offense 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. . (b) Deportability Section 237(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (G) Driving while intoxicated or impaired Any alien who has been convicted of an offense for driving while intoxicated or impaired, 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 classified as a misdemeanor or felony under Federal, State, tribal, or local law, is deportable. .

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

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6976 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 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act . 2. Inadmissibility and deportability related to driving while intoxicated or impaired (a) Inadmissibility Section 212(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (J) Driving while intoxicated or impaired 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 intoxicated or impaired, as those terms are defined under the law of the jurisdiction where the conviction, offense, or acts constituting the essential elements of the offense, occurred (including a conviction 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. . (b) Deportability Section 237(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (G) Driving while intoxicated or impaired Any alien who has been convicted of an offense for driving while intoxicated or impaired, 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 classified as a misdemeanor or felony under Federal, State, tribal, or local law, is deportable. .