HR 35
Passed a chamber
Makes it a federal crime to intentionally flee a pursuing Border Patrol agent while driving within 100 miles of the U.S. border, and makes non-citizens who commit this offense inadmissible, deportable, and ineligible for asylum and other immigration relief.
Official title: Agent Raul Gonzalez Officer Safety Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
03-JAN-2025
Referred
03-JAN-2025
Passed
13-FEB-2025
Senate
Received
13-FEB-2025
- Creates a federal offense for intentionally fleeing a pursuing Border Patrol agent, or a law enforcement officer assisting Border Patrol, while operating a motor vehicle within 100 miles of the border.
- Sets prison terms of up to 2 years, or 5 to 20 years if serious bodily injury results, or 10 years to life if death results.
- Makes a non-citizen who is convicted of, or admits to, the offense inadmissible and deportable, and bars that person from asylum and other immigration relief.
- Requires the Attorney General, with the Secretary of Homeland Security, to report annually to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees on charges, apprehensions, and penalties for these offenses.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (03-JAN-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 13-FEB-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Judiciary Committee (House)
- Judiciary Committee (Senate)
Crime and Law Enforcement
■ 32 R
32 Republicans
- Sheri Biggs
- Vern Buchanan
- Kat Cammack
- Monica De La Cruz
- Jake Ellzey
- Randy Feenstra
- Scott Fitzgerald
- Scott Franklin
- Brandon Gill
- Carlos A. Gimenez
- Craig A. Goldman
- Tony Gonzales
- Abraham J. Hamadeh
- Mike Haridopolos
- Clay Higgins
- Erin Houchin
- David Kustoff
- Nicholas A. Langworthy
- Michael Lawler
- John J. McGuire
- Daniel Meuser
- Mariannette Miller-Meeks
- Cory Mills
- Gregory F. Murphy
- Zachary Nunn