{"format":1,"id":"118-hr-7343","congress":118,"number":"H.R. 7343","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Detain and Deport Illegal Aliens Who Assault Cops Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the detention of certain aliens who commit assault against law enforcement officers.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the detention of certain aliens who commit assault against law enforcement officers."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Detain and Deport Illegal Aliens Who Assault Cops Act"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Detain and Deport Illegal Aliens Who Assault Cops Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Detain and Deport Illegal Aliens Who Assault Cops Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Detain and Deport Illegal Aliens Who Assault 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Security to take custody of any non-U.S. national (alien under federal law) who meets certain inadmissibility criteria and is arrested for, is charged with, is convicted of, or admits to assaulting a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or other first responder."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill also directs the Government Accountability Office to report to Congress on the number of non-U.S. nationals detained under this bill."}],"words":78},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require detention of certain aliens who are charged with, arrested for, convicted of, or admit to assaulting a law enforcement officer, and directs a Government Accountability Office study.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7343/text/eh#HE794E049FBCC4926AA97252F96FB5579"},{"label":"Sec. 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school resource officers.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7343/text/eh#HE794E049FBCC4926AA97252F96FB5579"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue a detainer for such an alien and, if no other official is detaining the alien, to take custody of the alien effectively and expeditiously.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7343/text/eh#HE794E049FBCC4926AA97252F96FB5579"}},{"text":"Replaces \"Attorney General\" with \"Secretary of Homeland Security\" in the opening language of the existing detention provision, section 236(c)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7343/text/eh#HE794E049FBCC4926AA97252F96FB5579"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to report each year to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees the number of such aliens held in Department of Homeland Security custody in the preceding year.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7343/text/eh#HE794E049FBCC4926AA97252F96FB5579"}},{"text":"Requires the Comptroller General to complete a study and report to Congress within 180 days of enactment on the number of inadmissible aliens detained in the prior 5 years for assaulting a law enforcement officer.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7343/text/eh#H97F3B0CCF9CF4D2CB53B341668196A28"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2024-05-15","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7343/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-09-30","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7343","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7343/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-7343.png","v":"b0a13af4d174","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 7343, 118th Congress: Detain and Deport Illegal Aliens Who Assault Cops Act. House: 265 Yea, 148 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 15 May 2024."}}