118th Congress · HOUSE BILLBILL

H.R. 6976Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that aliens who have been convicted of or who have committed an offense for driving while intoxicated or impaired are inadmissible and deportable.

Immigration
Introduced Jan 11, 2024
Last action Mar 6, 2024
Pipeline · Bill → Law
Step 1
Introduced
Jan 11, 2024
Step 2
Referred
Mar 6, 2024
Judiciary · the Judiciary
Step 3
Committee
Jan 18, 2024
Reported out
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House floor
Jan 30, 2024
Passed House
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Senate
Feb 5, 2024
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Resolve Changes
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Signed
SummaryCRS Summary

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.

Provisions · 2 sectionsEngrossed in House
Roll Call Votes · 1
Timeline · 16 actions
Mar 6, 2024
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 5, 2024
Received in the Senate.
Feb 1, 2024
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 980.
Feb 1, 2024
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.
Feb 1, 2024
DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 6976.
Feb 1, 2024
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
Feb 1, 2024
On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 274 - 150 (Roll no. 31).ROLL CALLpass
Feb 1, 2024
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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.
Jan 25, 2024
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 118-357.
Jan 25, 2024
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 292.
Jan 18, 2024
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Jan 18, 2024
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 13 - 10.
Jan 11, 2024
Introduced in House
Jan 11, 2024
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.