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Main Subject: Immigration

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.

HR7959-118, HRES980-118, S3833-118,

Senate Actions

IntroReferral
Mar. 06 2024	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb. 05 2024	Received in the Senate.

House floor actions Actions

Floor
Feb. 01 2024	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 274 - 150 (Roll no. 31). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H369) The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 6976. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 5585, H.R. 6678, H.R. 6679 and H.R. 6976. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 5585, H.R. 6678, H.R. 6679, and H.R. 6976 under a structured rule. Rule provides for one hour of general debate and one motion to recommit on each measure. Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 980. (consideration: CR H369-373)
Jan. 30 2024	Rule H. Res. 980 passed House.
Jan. 29 2024	Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 980 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 5585, H.R. 6678, H.R. 6679 and H.R. 6976. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 5585, H.R. 6678, H.R. 6679, and H.R. 6976 under a structured rule. Rule provides for one hour of general debate and one motion to recommit on each measure.

Calendars
Jan. 25 2024	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 292.

Committee
Jan. 25 2024	Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 118-357.

IntroReferral
Jan. 11 2024	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Library of Congress Actions

Floor
Feb. 01 2024	Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 274 - 150 (Roll no. 31). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H369)

Committee
Jan. 25 2024	Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 118-357.

IntroReferral
Jan. 11 2024	Introduced in House Introduced in House

House committee actions Actions

Committee
Jan. 18 2024	Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 13 - 10. Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

House bill HR6976-118

Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act

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