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1	2		119THCONGRESS
2	3		1
3	4		STSESSION H. R. 35
4		-	AN ACT
	5	+	To impose criminal and immigration penalties for intentionally fleeing a
	6	+	pursuing Federal officer while operating a motor vehicle.
	7	+	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
	8	+	JANUARY3, 2025
	9	+	Mr. C
	10	+	ISCOMANI(for himself, Ms. DELACRUZ, Mr. HIGGINSof Louisiana,
	11	+	Mr. W
	12	+	EBERof Texas, Mr. STAUBER, Mr. FITZGERALD, Mrs. HOUCHIN,
	13	+	Mr. M
	14	+	EUSER, Mr. TONYGONZALESof Texas, Ms. TENNEY, Mr.
	15	+	G
	16	+	IMENEZ, Mr. FEENSTRA, Mr. ELLZEY, Mr. VALADAO, Mr. KUSTOFF,
	17	+	Mrs. M
	18	+	ILLER-MEEKS, Mr. NUNNof Iowa, Mr. SCOTTFRANKLINof Flor-
	19	+	ida, Mr. B
	20	+	UCHANAN, and Mrs. CAMMACK) introduced the following bill;
	21	+	which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL
5	22		To impose criminal and immigration penalties for inten-
6	23		tionally fleeing a pursuing Federal officer while operating
7	24		a motor vehicle.
8	25		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
9		-	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 2
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11		-	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
12		-	This Act may be cited as ‘‘Agent Raul Gonzalez Offi-2
13		-	cer Safety Act’’. 3
14		-	SEC. 2. CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR EVADING ARREST OR 4
15		-	DETENTION. 5
	26	+	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
	27	+	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
	28	+	This Act may be cited as ‘‘Agent Raul Gonzalez Offi-4
	29	+	cer Safety Act’’. 5
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	33	+	SEC. 2. CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR EVADING ARREST OR 1
	34	+	DETENTION. 2
16	35		(a) I
17		-	NGENERAL.—Chapter 2 of title 18, United 6
18		-	States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-7
19		-	lowing: 8
20		-	‘‘§ 40B. Evading arrest or detention while operating a 9
21		-	motor vehicle 10
	36	+	NGENERAL.—Chapter 2 of title 18, United 3
	37	+	States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-4
	38	+	lowing: 5
	39	+	‘‘§ 40B. Evading arrest or detention while operating a 6
	40	+	motor vehicle 7
22	41		‘‘(a) O
23		-	FFENSE.—A person commits an offense under 11
24		-	this section by operating a motor vehicle within 100 miles 12
25		-	of the United States border while intentionally fleeing 13
26		-	from— 14
27		-	‘‘(1) a pursuing U.S. Border Patrol agent act-15
28		-	ing pursuant to lawful authority; or 16
29		-	‘‘(2) any pursuing Federal, State, or local law 17
30		-	enforcement officer who is actively assisting, or 18
31		-	under the command of, U.S. Border Patrol. 19
	42	+	FFENSE.—A person commits an offense under 8
	43	+	this section by operating a motor vehicle within 100 miles 9
	44	+	of the United States border while intentionally fleeing 10
	45	+	from— 11
	46	+	‘‘(1) a pursuing U.S. Border Patrol agent act-12
	47	+	ing pursuant to lawful authority; or 13
	48	+	‘‘(2) any pursuing Federal, State, or local law 14
	49	+	enforcement officer who is actively assisting, or 15
	50	+	under the command of, U.S. Border Patrol. 16
32	51		‘‘(b) P
33		-	ENALTIES.— 20
	52	+	ENALTIES.— 17
34	53		‘‘(1) I
35		-	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-21
36		-	graphs (2) and (3), any person who commits an of-22
37		-	fense described in subsection (a) shall be— 23
38		-	‘‘(A) imprisoned for a term of not more 24
39		-	than 2 years; 25
40		-	‘‘(B) fined under this title; or 26 3
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42		-	‘‘(C) subject to the penalties described in 1
43		-	subparagraphs (A) and (B). 2
44		-	‘‘(2) S
45		-	ERIOUS BODILY INJURY.—If serious bod-3
46		-	ily injury results from the commission of an offense 4
47		-	described in subsection (a), the person committing 5
48		-	such offense shall be— 6
49		-	‘‘(A) imprisoned for a term of not less 7
50		-	than 5 years and not more than 20 years; 8
51		-	‘‘(B) fined under this title; or 9
52		-	‘‘(C) subject to the penalties described in 10
53		-	subparagraphs (A) and (B). 11
	54	+	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-18
	55	+	graphs (2) and (3), any person who commits an of-19
	56	+	fense described in subsection (a) shall be— 20
	57	+	‘‘(A) imprisoned for a term of not more 21
	58	+	than 2 years; 22
	59	+	‘‘(B) fined under this title; or 23
	60	+	‘‘(C) subject to the penalties described in 24
	61	+	subparagraphs (A) and (B). 25
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	65	+	‘‘(2) SERIOUS BODILY INJURY.—If serious bod-1
	66	+	ily injury results from the commission of an offense 2
	67	+	described in subsection (a), the person committing 3
	68	+	such offense shall be— 4
	69	+	‘‘(A) imprisoned for a term of not less 5
	70	+	than 5 years and not more than 20 years; 6
	71	+	‘‘(B) fined under this title; or 7
	72	+	‘‘(C) subject to the penalties described in 8
	73	+	subparagraphs (A) and (B). 9
54	74		‘‘(3) D
55		-	EATH.—If the death of any person re-12
56		-	sults from the commission of an offense described in 13
57		-	subsection (a), the person committing such offense 14
58		-	shall be— 15
59		-	‘‘(A) imprisoned for a term of not less 16
60		-	than 10 years and up to life; 17
61		-	‘‘(B) fined under this title; or 18
62		-	‘‘(C) subject to the penalties described in 19
63		-	subparagraphs (A) and (B).’’. 20
	75	+	EATH.—If the death of any person re-10
	76	+	sults from the commission of an offense described in 11
	77	+	subsection (a), the person committing such offense 12
	78	+	shall be— 13
	79	+	‘‘(A) imprisoned for a term of not less 14
	80	+	than 10 years and up to life; 15
	81	+	‘‘(B) fined under this title; or 16
	82	+	‘‘(C) subject to the penalties described in 17
	83	+	subparagraphs (A) and (B).’’. 18
64	84		(b) C
65		-	LERICALAMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-21
66		-	ter 2 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by add-22
67		-	ing at the end the following: 23
68		-	‘‘40B. Evading arrest or detention while operating a motor vehicle.’’. 4
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	85	+	LERICALAMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-19
	86	+	ter 2 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by add-20
	87	+	ing at the end the following: 21
	88	+	‘‘40B. Evading arrest or detention while operating a motor vehicle.’’.
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70	92		SEC. 3. INADMISSIBILITY, DEPORTABILITY, AND INELIGI-1
71	93		BILITY RELATED TO EVADING ARREST OR 2
72	94		DETENTION WHILE OPERATING A MOTOR VE-3
73	95		HICLE. 4
74	96		(a) I
75	97		NADMISSIBILITY.—Section 212(a)(2) of the Im-5
76	98		migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)) is 6
77	99		amended by adding at the end the following: 7
78	100		‘‘(J) E
79	101		VADING ARREST OR DETENTION 8
80	102		WHILE OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE .—Any 9
81	103		alien who has been convicted of, who admits 10
82	104		having committed, or who admits committing 11
83	105		acts which constitute the essential elements of 12
84	106		a violation of section 40B(a) of title 18, United 13
85	107		States Code, is inadmissible.’’. 14
86	108		(b) D
87	109		EPORTABILITY.—Section 237(a)(2) of the Im-15
88	110		migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)) is 16
89	111		amended by adding at the end the following: 17
90	112		‘‘(G) E
91	113		VADING ARREST OR DETENTION 18
92	114		WHILE OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE .—Any 19
93	115		alien who has been convicted of, who admits 20
94	116		having committed, or who admits committing 21
95	117		acts which constitute the essential elements of 22
96	118		a violation of section 40B(a) of title 18, United 23
97		-	States Code, is deportable.’’. 24 5
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	119	+	States Code, is deportable.’’. 24
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99	123		(c) INELIGIBILITY FORRELIEF.—Chapter 2 of title 1
100	124		II of the Immigration and Nationality Act is amended by 2
101	125		inserting after section 208 the following: 3
102	126		‘‘SEC. 208A. INELIGIBILITY FOR RELIEF RELATED TO EVAD-4
103	127		ING ARREST OR DETENTION WHILE OPER-5
104	128		ATING A MOTOR VEHICLE. 6
105	129		‘‘Any alien who has been convicted of, who admits 7
106	130		having committed, or who admits committing acts which 8
107	131		constitute the essential elements of a violation of section 9
108	132		40B(a) of title 18, United States Code, shall be ineligible 10
109	133		for relief under the immigration laws, including asylum 11
110	134		under section 208.’’. 12
111	135		SEC. 4. ANNUAL REPORT. 13
112	136		The Attorney General, in conjunction with the Sec-14
113	137		retary of Homeland Security, shall submit an annual re-15
114	138		port to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and 16
115	139		the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep-17
116	140		resentatives that— 18
117	141		(1) identifies the number of people who com-19
118	142		mitted a violation of section 40B(a) of title 18, 20
119	143		United States Code, as added by section 2(a); and 21
120	144		(2) summarizes— 22
121	145		(A) the number of individuals who were 23
122	146		charged with the violation referred to in para-24
123		-	graph (1); 25 6
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	147	+	graph (1); 25
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125	151		(B) the number of individuals who were 1
126	152		apprehended but not charged with such viola-2
127	153		tion; 3
128	154		(C) the number of individuals who com-4
129	155		mitted such violation but were not apprehended; 5
130	156		(D) the penalties sought in the charging 6
131	157		documents pertaining to such violation; and 7
132	158		(E) the penalties imposed for such viola-8
133	159		tion. 9
134		-	Passed the House of Representatives February 13,
135		-	2025.
136		-	Attest:
137		-	Clerk. 119
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139		-	CONGRESS
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141		-	ST
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143		-	ESSION
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145		-	H. R. 35
146		-	AN ACT
147		-	To impose criminal and immigration penalties for
148		-	intentionally fleeing a pursuing Federal officer
149		-	while operating a motor vehicle.
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