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Crockett, Jasmine [D-TX-30]","purpose":"Amendment sought to modify the bill's prohibition on fleeing a federal, state, or local law enforcement officer only if they are under the command of the U.S. Border Patrol, rather than any officer who is \"actively assisting\" the border patrol.","result":"Failed","date":"2024-01-30","yea":201,"nay":224,"present":0,"not_voting":12,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll024.xml"}],"other_votes":[{"chamber":"house","date":"2024-01-30","question":"On Agreeing to the Amendment","title":"","result":"Failed","yea":201,"nay":224,"present":0,"not_voting":12,"kind":"amendment","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll024.xml"}],"crs_summary":{"date":"2024-01-30","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Agent Raul Gonzalez Officer Safety Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill establishes new federal criminal offenses for operating a motor vehicle within 100 miles of the U.S. border while fleeing from a U.S. Border Patrol agent or a federal, state, or local law enforcement officer who is actively assisting or under the command of the U.S. Border Patrol."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill establishes criminal penalties for an offense, including a mandatory minimum prison term for an offense resulting in death or serious bodily injury. Additionally, a non-U.S. national who is convicted of or admits to committing an offense is inadmissible, deportable, and ineligble for immigration relief (including asylum)."}],"words":103},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Creates a federal crime for intentionally fleeing, in a motor vehicle within 100 miles of the United States border, from a pursuing U.S. Border Patrol agent or an officer assisting or commanded by Border Patrol, and attaches immigration consequences and a reporting requirement.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5585/text/eh#H2E039E19019D4CCF9C82701630AC31A2"},{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5585/text/eh#H95C86A94C28F41F4BA8811F35FC76B5C"},{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5585/text/eh#H049CF29790F04F9E8988B073653FF627"}]},"core_areas":["Federal criminal penalties for evading Border Patrol in a motor vehicle","Immigration consequences of a conviction or admission for that offense","Annual reporting on the offense to the Judiciary Committees"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Adds a new offense to title 18 of the United States Code for operating a motor vehicle within 100 miles of the United States border while intentionally fleeing a pursuing U.S. Border Patrol agent acting under lawful authority.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5585/text/eh#H2E039E19019D4CCF9C82701630AC31A2"}},{"text":"Extends the offense to fleeing any pursuing Federal, State, or local law enforcement officer who is actively assisting, or under the command of, U.S. Border Patrol.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5585/text/eh#H2E039E19019D4CCF9C82701630AC31A2"}},{"text":"Sets the base penalty at imprisonment of not more than 2 years, a fine, or both; if serious bodily injury results, imprisonment of not less than 5 years and not more than 20 years, a fine, or both.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5585/text/eh#H2E039E19019D4CCF9C82701630AC31A2"}},{"text":"Sets the penalty at imprisonment of not less than 10 years and up to life, a fine, or both, if the death of any person results from the offense.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5585/text/eh#H2E039E19019D4CCF9C82701630AC31A2"}},{"text":"Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act so that an alien convicted of the offense, or who admits committing it or its essential elements, is inadmissible and deportable.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5585/text/eh#H95C86A94C28F41F4BA8811F35FC76B5C"}},{"text":"Requires the Attorney General, with the Secretary of Homeland Security, to report annually to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees on numbers charged, apprehended but not charged, and not apprehended, and on penalties sought and imposed.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5585/text/eh#H049CF29790F04F9E8988B073653FF627"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2024-01-30","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5585/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-01","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5585","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5585/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-5585.png","v":"21ce0e27a845","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 5585, 118th Congress: Agent Raul Gonzalez Officer Safety Act. House: 271 Yea, 154 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 30 Jan 2024."}}