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	2	+	Union Calendar No. 400
1	3		118THCONGRESS
2	4		2
3	5		DSESSION H. R. 8146
4		-	AN ACT
	6	+	[Report No. 118–482]
	7	+	To require a report by the Attorney General on the impact the border
	8	+	crisis is having on law enforcement at the Federal, State, local, and
	9	+	Tribal level.
	10	+	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
	11	+	APRIL29, 2024
	12	+	Mr. D’E
	13	+	SPOSITOintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the
	14	+	Committee on the Judiciary
	15	+	M
	16	+	AY6, 2024
	17	+	Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
	18	+	House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
	19	+	[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
	20	+	[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 29, 2024]
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	24	+	A BILL
5	25		To require a report by the Attorney General on the impact
6	26		the border crisis is having on law enforcement at the
7	27		Federal, State, local, and Tribal level.
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8	31		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
9		-	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 2
10		-	•HR 8146 EH
11		-	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
12		-	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Police Our Border 2
13		-	Act’’. 3
14		-	SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 4
15		-	Congress finds as follows: 5
16		-	(1) Our Federal, State, local, and Tribal law 6
17		-	enforcement officers put their lives on the line each 7
18		-	day in order to protect our country and serve their 8
19		-	communities. 9
20		-	(2) According to the National Law Enforce-10
21		-	ment Officer Memorial Fund, 136 law enforcement 11
22		-	officers died in the line-of-duty in 2023. 12
23		-	(3) Congress should do everything in its power 13
24		-	to support law enforcement officers at every level 14
25		-	and in every part of our nation. 15
26		-	(4) The southwest border crisis created by the 16
27		-	Biden Administration has made every state a border 17
28		-	state. 18
29		-	(5) The Biden border crisis has placed a burden 19
30		-	on law enforcement agencies across the nation and 20
31		-	has placed a significant strain on the resources that 21
32		-	are critical to keeping communities safe. 22
33		-	(6) Law enforcement officers in every state are 23
34		-	put in life-threatening scenarios as a direct result of 24
35		-	the open borders. 25 3
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37		-	(7) Law enforcement has been forced to deal 1
38		-	with the influx of fentanyl and many officers are ex-2
39		-	posed to the drug while on duty. 3
40		-	(8) It is in the best interest of law enforcement 4
41		-	officers and the communities they serve for Congress 5
42		-	to pass, and the President to sign into law, strong 6
43		-	border security legislation, and for the President to 7
44		-	utilize long standing authorities, including under 8
45		-	section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality 9
46		-	Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)), to secure the southern bor-10
47		-	der. 11
48		-	SEC. 3. REPORT. 12
49		-	Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 13
50		-	of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit to Congress 14
51		-	a report on the impact the Biden border crisis is having 15
52		-	on law enforcement officers at the Federal, State, local, 16
53		-	and Tribal level, including— 17
54		-	(1) the estimated dollar amount of all resources 18
55		-	devoted to addressing the Biden border crisis, and 19
56		-	the extent to which such resources are not available 20
57		-	to law enforcement agencies; 21
58		-	(2) the exposure of law enforcement officers to 22
59		-	fentanyl resulting from encounters with illegal aliens 23
60		-	at the border and in the United States, and the na-24
61		-	tionality of each such alien; 25 4
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63		-	(3) injuries to law enforcement officers based 1
64		-	on a connection to the Biden border crisis or expo-2
65		-	sure to fentanyl; 3
66		-	(4) the morale of law enforcement officers; 4
67		-	(5) the recruiting impact on hiring law enforce-5
68		-	ment as a result of the Biden border crisis; 6
69		-	(6) estimated dollar amount States expended on 7
70		-	local law enforcement efforts to investigate, inter-8
71		-	cept, and process, which includes the entire evidence 9
72		-	lifecycle, from collection and analysis to storage and 10
73		-	final destruction, fentanyl trafficked from the United 11
74		-	States border; and 12
75		-	(7) how many law enforcement officers have 13
76		-	been reassigned and local resources reallocated to in-14
77		-	vestigate, intercept, and process, which includes the 15
78		-	entire evidence lifecycle, from collection and analysis 16
79		-	to storage and final destruction, fentanyl trafficked 17
80		-	from the United States border. 18
81		-	Passed the House of Representatives May 16, 2024.
82		-	Attest:
83		-	Clerk. 118
	32	+	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
	33	+	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
	34	+	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Police Our Border Act’’. 4
	35	+	SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 5
	36	+	Congress finds as follows: 6
	37	+	(1) Our Federal, State, local, and Tribal law en-7
	38	+	forcement officers put their lives on the line each day 8
	39	+	in order to protect our country and serve their com-9
	40	+	munities. 10
	41	+	(2) According to the National Law Enforcement 11
	42	+	Officer Memorial Fund, 136 law enforcement officers 12
	43	+	died in the line-of-duty in 2023. 13
	44	+	(3) Congress should do everything in its power to 14
	45	+	support law enforcement officers at every level and in 15
	46	+	every part of our nation. 16
	47	+	(4) The southwest border crisis created by the 17
	48	+	Biden Administration has made every state a border 18
	49	+	state. 19
	50	+	(5) The Biden border crisis has placed a burden 20
	51	+	on law enforcement agencies across the nation and 21
	52	+	has placed a significant strain on the resources that 22
	53	+	are critical to keeping communities safe. 23
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	57	+	(6) Law enforcement officers in every state are 1
	58	+	put in life-threatening scenarios as a direct result of 2
	59	+	the open borders. 3
	60	+	(7) Law enforcement has been forced to deal with 4
	61	+	the influx of fentanyl and many officers are exposed 5
	62	+	to the drug while on duty. 6
	63	+	(8) It is in the best interest of law enforcement 7
	64	+	officers and the communities they serve for Congress 8
	65	+	to pass, and the President to sign into law, strong 9
	66	+	border security legislation. 10
	67	+	SEC. 3. REPORT. 11
	68	+	Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 12
	69	+	of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit to Congress 13
	70	+	a report on the impact the Biden border crisis is having 14
	71	+	on law enforcement officers at the Federal, State, local, and 15
	72	+	Tribal level, including— 16
	73	+	(1) the estimated dollar amount of all resources 17
	74	+	devoted to addressing the Biden border crisis, and the 18
	75	+	extent to which such resources are not available to 19
	76	+	law enforcement agencies; 20
	77	+	(2) the exposure of law enforcement officers to 21
	78	+	fentanyl resulting from encounters with illegal aliens 22
	79	+	at the border and in the United States; 23
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	83	+	(3) injuries to law enforcement officers based on 1
	84	+	a connection to the Biden border crisis or exposure to 2
	85	+	fentanyl; and 3
	86	+	(4) the morale of law enforcement officers. 4
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	90	+	118
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85	92		CONGRESS
86	93		2
87	94		D
88	95		S
89	96		ESSION
90	97
91	98		H. R. 8146
92		-	AN ACT
	99	+	[Report No. 118–482]
	100	+	A BILL
93	101		To require a report by the Attorney General on the
94	102		impact the border crisis is having on law enforce-
95	103		ment at the Federal, State, local, and Tribal
96	104		level.
	105	+	M
	106	+	AY
	107	+	6, 2024
	108	+	Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
	109	+	mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,
	110	+	and ordered to be printed
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