118THCONGRESS
2
DSESSION H. R. 8146
AN ACT
To require a report by the Attorney General on the impact
the border crisis is having on law enforcement at the
Federal, State, local, and Tribal level.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 2
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Police Our Border 2
Act’’. 3
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 4
Congress finds as follows: 5
(1) Our Federal, State, local, and Tribal law 6
enforcement officers put their lives on the line each 7
day in order to protect our country and serve their 8
communities. 9
(2) According to the National Law Enforce-10
ment Officer Memorial Fund, 136 law enforcement 11
officers died in the line-of-duty in 2023. 12
(3) Congress should do everything in its power 13
to support law enforcement officers at every level 14
and in every part of our nation. 15
(4) The southwest border crisis created by the 16
Biden Administration has made every state a border 17
state. 18
(5) The Biden border crisis has placed a burden 19
on law enforcement agencies across the nation and 20
has placed a significant strain on the resources that 21
are critical to keeping communities safe. 22
(6) Law enforcement officers in every state are 23
put in life-threatening scenarios as a direct result of 24
the open borders. 25 3
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(7) Law enforcement has been forced to deal 1
with the influx of fentanyl and many officers are ex-2
posed to the drug while on duty. 3
(8) It is in the best interest of law enforcement 4
officers and the communities they serve for Congress 5
to pass, and the President to sign into law, strong 6
border security legislation, and for the President to 7
utilize long standing authorities, including under 8
section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality 9
Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)), to secure the southern bor-10
der. 11
SEC. 3. REPORT. 12
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 13
of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit to Congress 14
a report on the impact the Biden border crisis is having 15
on law enforcement officers at the Federal, State, local, 16
and Tribal level, including— 17
(1) the estimated dollar amount of all resources 18
devoted to addressing the Biden border crisis, and 19
the extent to which such resources are not available 20
to law enforcement agencies; 21
(2) the exposure of law enforcement officers to 22
fentanyl resulting from encounters with illegal aliens 23
at the border and in the United States, and the na-24
tionality of each such alien; 25 4
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(3) injuries to law enforcement officers based 1
on a connection to the Biden border crisis or expo-2
sure to fentanyl; 3
(4) the morale of law enforcement officers; 4
(5) the recruiting impact on hiring law enforce-5
ment as a result of the Biden border crisis; 6
(6) estimated dollar amount States expended on 7
local law enforcement efforts to investigate, inter-8
cept, and process, which includes the entire evidence 9
lifecycle, from collection and analysis to storage and 10
final destruction, fentanyl trafficked from the United 11
States border; and 12
(7) how many law enforcement officers have 13
been reassigned and local resources reallocated to in-14
vestigate, intercept, and process, which includes the 15
entire evidence lifecycle, from collection and analysis 16
to storage and final destruction, fentanyl trafficked 17
from the United States border. 18
Passed the House of Representatives May 16, 2024.
Attest:
Clerk. 118
TH
CONGRESS
2
D
S
ESSION
H. R. 8146
AN ACT
To require a report by the Attorney General on the
impact the border crisis is having on law enforce-
ment at the Federal, State, local, and Tribal
level.