H.R. 5585: Agent Raul Gonzalez Officer Safety Act
Bill · 118th Congress (2023–2024). Passed House, 30 Jan 2024. Introduced 20 Sep 2023.
Official title: To impose criminal and immigration penalties for intentionally fleeing a pursuing Federal officer while operating a motor vehicle.
Vote results
- House, 30 Jan 2024: Passed, 271 Yea, 154 Nay, 0 Present, 7 Not voting. The House’s roll call
- President: Not presented to the President.
How each member voted
House
Yea (271): Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ-4); Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9); Ken Calvert (R-CA-41); Frank D. Lucas (R-OK-3); Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL-4); Kay Granger (R-TX-12); Michael K. Simpson (R-ID-2); Pete Sessions (R-TX-17); Sam Graves (R-MO-6); Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-8); Joe Wilson (R-SC-2); Michael C. Burgess (R-TX-26); John R. Carter (R-TX-31); Tom Cole (R-OK-4); Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL-26); Mike Rogers (R-AL-3); Michael R. Turner (R-OH-10); Darrell Issa (R-CA-48); Jim Costa (D-CA-21); Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28); Virginia Foxx (R-NC-5); Michael T. McCaul (R-TX-10); Patrick T. McHenry (R-NC-10); Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA-5); Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL-12); Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16); Joe Courtney (D-CT-2); Jim Jordan (R-OH-4); Doug Lamborn (R-CO-5); Adrian Smith (R-NE-3); Robert E. Latta (R-OH-5); Robert J. Wittman (R-VA-1); Tim Walberg (R-MI-5); Brett Guthrie (R-KY-2); James A. Himes (D-CT-4); Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO-3); Tom McClintock (R-CA-5); Bill Posey (R-FL-8); Glenn Thompson (R-PA-15); Larry Bucshon (R-IN-8); Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR-1); Scott DesJarlais (R-TN-4); Jeff Duncan (R-SC-3); Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN-3); Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ-9); H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA-9); Andy Harris (R-MD-1); Bill Huizenga (R-MI-4); William R. Keating (D-MA-9); Mike Kelly (R-PA-16); David Schweikert (R-AZ-1); Austin Scott (R-GA-8); Daniel Webster (R-FL-11); Steve Womack (R-AR-3); Dina Titus (D-NV-1); Mark E. Amodei (R-NV-2); Thomas Massie (R-KY-4); Andy Barr (R-KY-6); Matt Cartwright (D-PA-8); Richard Hudson (R-NC-9); David P. Joyce (R-OH-14); Daniel T. Kildee (D-MI-8); Ann M. Kuster (D-NH-2); Doug LaMalfa (R-CA-1); Scott Perry (R-PA-10); Marc A. Veasey (D-TX-33); Ann Wagner (R-MO-2); Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX-14); Brad R. Wenstrup (R-OH-2); Roger Williams (R-TX-25); Jason Smith (R-MO-8); Rick W. Allen (R-GA-12); Brian Babin (R-TX-36); Mike Bost (R-IL-12); Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA-2); Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA-1); Ed Case (D-HI-1); Tom Emmer (R-MN-6); Ruben Gallego (D-AZ-3); Garret Graves (R-LA-6); J. French Hill (R-AR-2); Barry Loudermilk (R-GA-11); John R. Moolenaar (R-MI-2); Alexander X. Mooney (R-WV-2); Dan Newhouse (R-WA-4); Gary J. Palmer (R-AL-6); David Rouzer (R-NC-7); Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY-21); Bruce Westerman (R-AR-4); David G. Valadao (R-CA-22); Trent Kelly (R-MS-1); Darin LaHood (R-IL-16); Warren Davidson (R-OH-8); James Comer (R-KY-1); Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX-19); Don Bacon (R-NE-2); Jim Banks (R-IN-3); Jack Bergman (R-MI-1); Andy Biggs (R-AZ-5); Neal P. Dunn (R-FL-2); A. Drew Ferguson IV (R-GA-3); Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1); Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5); Clay Higgins (R-LA-3); Steven Horsford (D-NV-4); Mike Johnson (R-LA-4); David Kustoff (R-TN-8); Brian J. Mast (R-FL-21); Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19); John H. Rutherford (R-FL-5); Lloyd Smucker (R-PA-11); Ron Estes (R-KS-4); Ralph Norman (R-SC-5); John R. Curtis (R-UT-3); Debbie Lesko (R-AZ-8); Michael Cloud (R-TX-27); Troy Balderson (R-OH-12); Kevin Hern (R-OK-1); Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY-25); Susan Wild (D-PA-7); Colin Z. Allred (D-TX-32); James R. Baird (R-IN-4); Tim Burchett (R-TN-2); Ben Cline (R-VA-6); Angie Craig (D-MN-2); Dan Crenshaw (R-TX-2); Sharice Davids (D-KS-3); Russ Fulcher (R-ID-1); Jared F. Golden (D-ME-2); Lance Gooden (R-TX-5); Mark E. Green (R-TN-7); Michael Guest (R-MS-3); Josh Harder (D-CA-9); Jahana Hayes (D-CT-5); Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA-6); Dusty Johnson (R-SD-AL); John Joyce (R-PA-13); Susie Lee (D-NV-3); Daniel Meuser (R-PA-9); Carol D. Miller (R-WV-1); Chris Pappas (D-NH-1); Greg Pence (R-IN-6); Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA-14); John W. Rose (R-TN-6); Chip Roy (R-TX-21); Kim Schrier (D-WA-8); Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ-11); Elissa Slotkin (D-MI-7); Abigail Davis Spanberger (D-VA-7); Greg Stanton (D-AZ-4); Pete Stauber (R-MN-8); Bryan Steil (R-WI-1); W. Gregory Steube (R-FL-17); William R. Timmons IV (R-SC-4); Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ-2); Michael Waltz (R-FL-6); Claudia Tenney (R-NY-24); Dan Bishop (R-NC-8); Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC-3); Mike Garcia (R-CA-27); Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI-7); Ryan K. Zinke (R-MT-1); Cliff Bentz (R-OR-2); Stephanie I. Bice (R-OK-5); Kat Cammack (R-FL-3); Jerry L. Carl (R-AL-1); Andrew S. Clyde (R-GA-9); Byron Donalds (R-FL-19); Pat Fallon (R-TX-4); Randy Feenstra (R-IA-4); Michelle Fischbach (R-MN-7); Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI-5); Scott Franklin (R-FL-18); Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-2); Carlos A. Gimenez (R-FL-28); Tony Gonzales (R-TX-23); Bob Good (R-VA-5); Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA-14); Diana Harshbarger (R-TN-1); Ashley Hinson (R-IA-2); Ronny Jackson (R-TX-13); Young Kim (R-CA-40); Jake LaTurner (R-KS-2); Nancy Mace (R-SC-1); Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11); Tracey Mann (R-KS-1); Kathy E. Manning (D-NC-6); Lisa C. McClain (R-MI-9); Mary E. Miller (R-IL-15); Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-1); Barry Moore (R-AL-2); Blake D. Moore (R-UT-1); Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN-1); Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22); Jay Obernolte (R-CA-23); Burgess Owens (R-UT-4); August Pfluger (R-TX-11); Matthew M. Rosendale, Sr. (R-MT-2); Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27); Victoria Spartz (R-IN-5); Michelle Steel (R-CA-45); Beth Van Duyne (R-TX-24); Julia Letlow (R-LA-5); Jake Ellzey (R-TX-6); Mike Carey (R-OH-15); Mike Flood (R-NE-1); Brad Finstad (R-MN-1); Mary Sattler Peltola (D-AK-AL); Patrick Ryan (D-NY-18); Rudy Yakym III (R-IN-2); Mark Alford (R-MO-4); Aaron Bean (R-FL-4); Josh Brecheen (R-OK-2); Nikki Budzinski (D-IL-13); Eric Burlison (R-MO-7); Yadira Caraveo (D-CO-8); Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR-5); Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ-6); Mike Collins (R-GA-10); Elijah Crane (R-AZ-2); Anthony D’Esposito (R-NY-4); Donald G. Davis (D-NC-1); Monica De La Cruz (R-TX-15); Christopher R. Deluzio (D-PA-17); John S. Duarte (R-CA-13); Chuck Edwards (R-NC-11); Mike Ezell (R-MS-4); Russell Fry (R-SC-7); Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA-3); Harriet M. Hageman (R-WY-AL); Erin Houchin (R-IN-9); Val T. Hoyle (D-OR-4); Wesley Hunt (R-TX-38); John James (R-MI-10); Thomas H. Kean, Jr. (R-NJ-7); Jennifer A. Kiggans (R-VA-2); Kevin Kiley (R-CA-3); Nick LaLota (R-NY-1); Greg Landsman (D-OH-1); Nicholas A. Langworthy (R-NY-23); Michael Lawler (R-NY-17); Laurel M. Lee (R-FL-15); Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL-13); Morgan Luttrell (R-TX-8); Seth Magaziner (D-RI-2); Richard McCormick (R-GA-6); Max L. Miller (R-OH-7); Cory Mills (R-FL-7); Marcus J. Molinaro (R-NY-19); Nathaniel Moran (R-TX-1); Jared Moskowitz (D-FL-23); Wiley Nickel (D-NC-13); Zachary Nunn (R-IA-3); Andrew Ogles (R-TN-5); Brittany Pettersen (D-CO-7); Andrea Salinas (D-OR-6); Hillary J. Scholten (D-MI-3); Keith Self (R-TX-3); Eric Sorensen (D-IL-17); Dale W. Strong (R-AL-5); Emilia Strong Sykes (D-OH-13); Derrick Van Orden (R-WI-3); Gabe Vasquez (D-NM-2); Brandon Williams (R-NY-22); Celeste Maloy (R-UT-2); Brian Higgins (D-NY-26); Ken Buck (R-CO-4); Matt Gaetz (R-FL-1); Mike Gallagher (R-WI-8); Kelly Armstrong (R-ND-AL); Jeff Jackson (D-NC-14).
Nay (154): Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD-5); Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-11); Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ-6); Richard E. Neal (D-MA-1); Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT-3); Maxine Waters (D-CA-43); Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-12); Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA-2); James E. Clyburn (D-SC-6); Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA-16); Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA-3); Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY-7); Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS-2); Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-37); Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-18); Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-3); Danny K. Davis (D-IL-7); Diana DeGette (D-CO-1); James P. McGovern (D-MA-2); Brad Sherman (D-CA-32); Adam Smith (D-WA-9); Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY-5); Barbara Lee (D-CA-12); John B. Larson (D-CT-1); Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA-31); Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL-9); Mike Thompson (D-CA-4); Rick Larsen (D-WA-2); Betty McCollum (D-MN-4); Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ-7); C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD-2); David Scott (D-GA-13); Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA-38); Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO-5); Al Green (D-TX-9); Gwen Moore (D-WI-4); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-25); Doris O. Matsui (D-CA-7); Kathy Castor (D-FL-14); Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY-9); Steve Cohen (D-TN-9); Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA-4); John P. Sarbanes (D-MD-3); André Carson (D-IN-7); Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA-11); Chellie Pingree (D-ME-1); Paul Tonko (D-NY-20); Mike Quigley (D-IL-5); Judy Chu (D-CA-28); John Garamendi (D-CA-8); Bill Foster (D-IL-11); Terri A. Sewell (D-AL-7); Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL-24); Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-7); Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1); Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA-1); Joyce Beatty (D-OH-3); Ami Bera (D-CA-6); Julia Brownley (D-CA-26); Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20); Tony Cárdenas (D-CA-29); Lois Frankel (D-FL-22); Jared Huffman (D-CA-2); Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY-8); Derek Kilmer (D-WA-6); Grace Meng (D-NY-6); Scott H. Peters (D-CA-50); Mark Pocan (D-WI-2); Raul Ruiz (D-CA-25); Eric Swalwell (D-CA-14); Mark Takano (D-CA-39); Juan Vargas (D-CA-52); Robin L. Kelly (D-IL-2); Katherine M. Clark (D-MA-5); Alma S. Adams (D-NC-12); Pete Aguilar (D-CA-33); Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA-8); Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA-10); Debbie Dingell (D-MI-6); Ted Lieu (D-CA-36); Seth Moulton (D-MA-6); Norma J. Torres (D-CA-35); Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12); Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL-10); Dwight Evans (D-PA-3); Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA-44); Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE-AL); Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA-24); J. Luis Correa (D-CA-46); Adriano Espaillat (D-NY-13); Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX-34); Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-7); Ro Khanna (D-CA-17); Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-8); Jamie Raskin (D-MD-8); Darren Soto (D-FL-9); Jimmy Gomez (D-CA-34); Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA-5); Sean Casten (D-IL-6); Jason Crow (D-CO-6); Madeleine Dean (D-PA-4); Veronica Escobar (D-TX-16); Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX-7); Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX-29); Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL-4); Mike Levin (D-CA-49); Lucy McBath (D-GA-7); Joe Neguse (D-CO-2); Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14); Ilhan Omar (D-MN-5); Katie Porter (D-CA-47); Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-7); Haley M. Stevens (D-MI-11); Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-12); Lori Trahan (D-MA-3); David J. Trone (D-MD-6); Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14); Jennifer Wexton (D-VA-10); Jake Auchincloss (D-MA-4); Jamaal Bowman (D-NY-16); Cori Bush (D-MO-1); Sara Jacobs (D-CA-51); Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM-3); Deborah K. Ross (D-NC-2); Marilyn Strickland (D-WA-10); Ritchie Torres (D-NY-15); Nikema Williams (D-GA-5); Troy A. Carter (D-LA-2); Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM-1); Shontel M. Brown (D-OH-11); Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL-20); Becca Balint (D-VT-AL); Greg Casar (D-TX-35); Jasmine Crockett (D-TX-30); Valerie P. Foushee (D-NC-4); Maxwell Frost (D-FL-10); Robert Garcia (D-CA-42); Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY-10); Glenn Ivey (D-MD-4); Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL-1); Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA-37); Summer L. Lee (D-PA-12); Morgan McGarvey (D-KY-3); Robert Menendez (D-NJ-8); Kevin Mullin (D-CA-15); Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL-3); Shri Thanedar (D-MI-13); Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI-2); Jennifer L. McClellan (D-VA-4); Gabe Amo (D-RI-1); Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX-18); Adam B. Schiff (D-CA-30); Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-NJ-10); Andy Kim (D-NJ-3).
Not voting (7): Harold Rogers (R-KY-5); Steve Scalise (R-LA-1); Donald Norcross (D-NJ-1); Glenn Grothman (R-WI-6); Dean Phillips (D-MN-3); Lauren Boebert (R-CO-3); Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-9).
Not in office (13): Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY-3); Timothy M. Kennedy (D-NY-26); Vince Fong (R-CA-20); Michael A. Rulli (R-OH-6); Greg Lopez (R-CO-4); LaMonica McIver (D-NJ-10); Erica Lee Carter (D-TX-18); Tony Wied (R-WI-8); Kevin McCarthy (R-CA-20); Bill Johnson (R-OH-6); David N. Cicilline (D-RI-1); Chris Stewart (R-UT-2); George Santos (R-NY-3).
Summary
Main subject: 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. Sec. 2, Sec. 3, Sec. 4
Its 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.
Unexpected Items: 0 provisions
What it does
- Sec. 2: 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.
- Sec. 2: 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.
- Sec. 2: 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.
- Sec. 2: 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.
- Sec. 3: 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.
- Sec. 4: 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.
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