[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6976 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6976


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 5, 2024

                                Received

                             March 6, 2024

       Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protect Our Communities from DUIs 
Act''.

SEC. 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.

            Attest:

                                             KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

                                                                 Clerk.