{"format":1,"id":"118-hr-6976","congress":118,"number":"H.R. 6976","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"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.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"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."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act"},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2024-01-11","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2024-02-01","vote":{"id":"118-2024-h31","question":"On Passage","title":"Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act","result":"Passed","yea":274,"nay":150,"present":0,"not_voting":7,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll031.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.","date":"2024-03-06"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2024-01-25","stage":"Reported to House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act"},{"k":"p","t":"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."},{"k":"p","t":"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."}],"words":82},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make non-citizens inadmissible or deportable based on offenses of driving while intoxicated or impaired.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6976/text/eh#HA9A6D850F8AA40D884C70581D412EE3B"}]},"core_areas":["Immigration inadmissibility and deportability for driving while intoxicated or impaired offenses"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Amends Section 212(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to add a ground of inadmissibility for driving while intoxicated or impaired.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6976/text/eh#HA9A6D850F8AA40D884C70581D412EE3B"}},{"text":"Makes inadmissible any alien who has been convicted of, who admits having committed, or who admits committing acts that make up the essential elements of, an offense for driving while intoxicated or impaired.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6976/text/eh#HA9A6D850F8AA40D884C70581D412EE3B"}},{"text":"Amends Section 237(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to add a ground of deportability for driving while intoxicated or impaired.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6976/text/eh#HA9A6D850F8AA40D884C70581D412EE3B"}},{"text":"Makes deportable any alien who has been convicted of an offense for driving while intoxicated or impaired.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6976/text/eh#HA9A6D850F8AA40D884C70581D412EE3B"}},{"text":"Defines the terms by the law of the jurisdiction where the conviction occurred, including driving under the influence of or impaired by alcohol or drugs, whether the offense is a misdemeanor or felony under Federal, State, tribal, or local law.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6976/text/eh#HA9A6D850F8AA40D884C70581D412EE3B"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2024-02-01","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6976/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/6976","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6976/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-6976.png","v":"cb47e3a5d756","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 6976, 118th Congress: Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act. House: 274 Yea, 150 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 1 Feb 2024."}}