HR2494-118

Passed House

To make the assault of a law enforcement officer a deportable offense, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Apr 6, 2023

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To make the assault of a law enforcement officer a deportable offense, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers. The main policy domain is Immigration, Criminal Justice, Government Operations.

Who Benefits and How

immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HD02E98811275446FA4D0116F253894E9: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protect Our Law enforcement with Immigration Control and Enforcement Act of 2023 or the POLICE Act of 2023.
  • Section H86FDF90D6EA44E8FA1500ED4FBD085B9: 2. Assault of law enforcement officer 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...
  • Section HB081048521BC4E30983155A6E8757921: 3. Report on aliens deported for assaulting a law enforcement officer On an annual basis, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to Congress and make...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To make the assault of a law enforcement officer a deportable offense, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers.

Key Policy Areas

Immigration, Criminal Justice, Government Operations

Primary Purpose

This bill, To make the assault of a law enforcement officer a deportable offense, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers.

Policy Domains

Immigration Criminal Justice Government Operations

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers
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Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers
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immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers: , ,

Legislative Progress

Passed House
Introduced Committee Passed
May 15, 2023

Additional sponsors: Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Norman, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Reschenthaler, …

May 15, 2023

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the …

Apr 6, 2023

Mr. Garbarino (for himself, Ms. Malliotakis, Mr. Bishop of North …

Apr 6, 2023 (inferred)

Passed House (inferred from eh version)

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.

Government
5 mentions across 3 clauses
+1 positive -4 negative

Congress, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Homeland Security/ICE

Positive-direction: Congress

Negative-direction: Department of Homeland Security, Department of Homeland Security/ICE, Immigration courts

General Public
3 mentions across 3 clauses
+1 positive -2 negative

General public, Non-citizen immigrants who assault law enforcement

Positive-direction: General public

Negative-direction: Non-citizen immigrants who assault law enforcement

State & Local Government
3 mentions across 2 clauses
+3 positive

Firefighters and first responders, Law enforcement officers

2/2
sections analyzed
Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Immigration Criminal Justice Government Operations
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_homeland_security"
→ Secretary of Homeland Security

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