Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act

3/19/2024, 1:15 PM
Congress
118

Number
HR - 6976

Introduced on
2024-01-11

# Amendments
1

Sponsors
+5

Variations and Revisions

3/6/2024

Status of Legislation

Bill Introduced
Introduced to House
Passed in House
Introduced to Senate
Senate to Vote

Purpose and Summary

Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act

This bill makes driving while intoxicated or impaired a ground for (1) barring a non-U.S. national (alien under federal law) from admission into the United States, or (2) deporting the individual.

The bar to admission shall apply to an individual who has been convicted of the offense or has admitted to having committed the acts which constitute the elements of the offense. As a ground for deportability, the individual must have been convicted of the offense.

Alternative Names
Official Title as IntroducedTo 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.

Policy Areas
Immigration

Potential Impact
Alcoholic beverages
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Immigration status and procedures

Comments

Recent Activity

Latest Summary1/29/2024

Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act

This bill makes driving while intoxicated or impaired a ground for (1) barring a non-U.S. national (alien under federal law) from admission into the United States, or (2) deporting the ...


Latest Action3/6/2024
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.