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H.R. 8146 – Police Our Border Act

Thursday, May 16, 2024

PASSED 254-157

Failed by Recorded Vote

Houlahan #6 – Strikes Sec (2) lines 17 – 19 and strike the word “Biden” throughout the text FAILED 197-213

Agreed to by Voice Vote

D'Esposito/Molinaro #3 – Adds a provision to the required report to also include the impact that the Biden border crisis has had on law enforcement recruitment
Nunn #4
Requires the attorney general's report to include costs States had to expend on local law enforcement efforts to investigate, intercept, and process, which includes the collection, analysis, storage, and eventual destruction, fentanyl trafficked from the United States border

Nunn #5
– Requires the attorney general's report to include data on how many law enforcement officers have been reassigned and local resources reallocated to investigate, intercept, and process as evidence fentanyl trafficked from the United States border

LaLota/Gimenez #7
– Requires nationality of an immigrant to be reported on, once they have exposed a law enforcement officer to fentanyl during an encounter at the border and in the United States

Miller (IL)/Ogles #8 – Adds to the findings section that it is in the best interest of law enforcement officers and the communities they serve for President Biden to use longstanding authorities, including under section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, to secure the southern border

Not Offered

Crenshaw #1 – Adds policies that would constitute “strong border security legislation”
Crenshaw #2
– Requires the report to include who is spending what rather than just providing an aggregate expenditure of SLTT law enforcement