H.R. 2494 explained · 118th Congress · Not enacted (118th Congress ended)
POLICE Act of 2023
Cosponsors: 16 (0 D, 16 R) · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-11
Introduced: 2023-04-06
Latest action (2023-05-18): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
What H.R. 2494 does, in plain terms
Protect Our Law enforcement with Immigration Control and Enforcement Act of 2023 or the POLICE Act of 2023 This bill makes assaulting a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or other first responder a deportable offense. Specifically, the bill makes deportable any non-U.S. national (alien under federal law) who has been convicted of (or admits to have committed) any act that constitutes the essential elements of any offense involving assault of a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or other first responder. The Department of Homeland Security must publish annually on its website a report on the number of individuals deported in the previous year pursuant to this bill.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service, via Congress.gov.
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