[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 24 (Friday, February 9, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S800]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1587. Mr. LEE (for Mr. Budd) submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed to amendment SA 1388 proposed by Mrs. Murray (for herself and 
Mr. Schumer) to the bill H.R. 815, to amend title 38, United States 
Code, to make certain improvements relating to the eligibility of 
veterans to receive reimbursement for emergency treatment furnished 
through the Veterans Community Care program, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. PROTECTING LAW ENFORCEMENT.

       (a) Short Titles.--This section may be cited as the 
     ``Protect Our Law enforcement with Immigration Control and 
     Enforcement Act of 2024'' or the ``POLICE Act of 2024''.
       (b) 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 following:
       ``(G) Assault of law enforcement officer.--
       ``(i) In general.--Any alien who has been convicted of, who 
     admits having committed, or who admits committing acts which 
     constitute the essential elements of, any offense involving 
     the assault of a law enforcement officer is deportable.
       ``(ii) Circumstances.--The circumstances referred to in 
     clause (i) are that the law enforcement officer was 
     assaulted--

       ``(I) while he or she was engaged in the performance of his 
     or her official duties;
       ``(II) because of the performance of his or her official 
     duties; or
       ``(III) because of his or her station as a law enforcement 
     officer.

       ``(iii) Definitions.--In this subparagraph--

       ``(I) the term `assault' has the meaning given that term in 
     the jurisdiction where the act occurred; and
       ``(II) the term `law enforcement officer' is a person 
     authorized by law--

       ``(aa) to apprehend, arrest, or prosecute an individual for 
     any criminal violation of law; or
       ``(bb) to be a firefighter or other first responder.''.
       (c) 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 publicly 
     available on the website of the Department of Homeland 
     Security a report on the number of aliens who were deported 
     during the previous year under section 237(a)(2)(G) of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act, as added by subsection (b).
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