H.R. 2494POLICE Act of 2023

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Sponsor: Andrew R. Garbarino [R-NY-02]
Cosponsors: 16 · 16 Republicans
Policy area: Immigration
Committee: Judiciary Committee
Latest action: May 18, 2023 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

IntroducedApr 6, 2023
Passed the HouseMay 17, 2023
Passed the SenateNot yet reached
Sent to the PresidentNot yet reached
Became lawNot yet reached

What the measure doesCRS summary

Protect Our Law enforcement with Immigration Control and Enforcement Act of 2023 or the POLICE Act of 2023

This bill makes assaulting a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or other first responder a deportable offense.

Specifically, the bill makes deportable any non-U.S. national (alien under federal law) who has been convicted of (or admits to have committed) any act that constitutes the essential elements of any offense involving assault of a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or other first responder.

The Department of Homeland Security must publish annually on its website a report on the number of individuals deported in the previous year pursuant to this bill.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 2494 as passed House on May 17, 2023. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

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May 17, 2023Each bar: ✓ Yea from the bottom, ✕ Nay aboveMay 17, 2023

How every member votedHouse roll call 225

House May 17, 2023 · the primary vote

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255 Yea 175 Nay 5 not voting

Party-line vote 36 of 430 voting members broke with their own party: 36 Democrats.

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All members435 members

Democratic213 members

Republican222 members

marks half of the votes cast. A party’s majority is the side most of its voting members took.

Cosponsors16 · 16 Republicans

Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 2494 and vote against it. 6 signed when it was filed.

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H.R. 2494POLICE Act of 2023

What the measure doesCRS summary

Roll calls on H.R. 24943 roll calls on this measure

How every member votedHouse roll call 225

On Passage

How the chamber split

Cosponsors16 · 16 Republicans

H.R. 2494POLICE Act of 2023

What the measure doesCRS summary

Roll calls on H.R. 24943 roll calls on this measure

How every member votedHouse roll call 225

On Passage

How the chamber split

Cosponsors16 · 16 Republicans

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