[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8146 Engrossed in House (EH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8146

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                                 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 Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

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 Enforcement 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.
            (7) Law enforcement has been forced to deal with the influx 
        of fentanyl and many officers are exposed 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 
        border.

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 nationality of each such alien;
            (3) injuries to law enforcement officers based on a 
        connection to the Biden border crisis or exposure to fentanyl;
            (4) the morale of law enforcement officers;
            (5) the recruiting impact on hiring law enforcement as a 
        result of the Biden border crisis;
            (6) estimated dollar amount States expended on local law 
        enforcement efforts to investigate, 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; and
            (7) how many law enforcement officers have been reassigned 
        and local resources reallocated to investigate, 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:

                                                                 Clerk.
118th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 8146

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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.