H.R. 875

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 875 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 875

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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

June 27 (legislative day, June 24), 2025

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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AN ACT

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.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Jeremy and Angel Seay and Sergeant 
Brandon Mendoza Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. INADMISSIBILITY AND DEPORTABILITY RELATED TO DRIVING WHILE 
INTOXICATED OR IMPAIRED.

(a) Inadmissibility.--Section 212(a)(2) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following:
``(J) Driving while intoxicated or impaired.--Any 
alien who has been convicted of, who admits having 
committed, or who admits committing acts which 
constitute the essential elements of an offense for 
driving while intoxicated or impaired, as those terms 
are defined under the law of the jurisdiction where the 
conviction, offense, or acts constituting the essential 
elements of the offense occurred (including an offense 
for driving while under the influence of or impaired by 
alcohol or drugs), without regard to whether the 
conviction or offense is classified as a misdemeanor or 
felony under Federal, State, tribal, or local law, is 
inadmissible.''.
(b) Deportability.--Section 237(a)(2) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following:
``(G) Driving while intoxicated or impaired.--Any 
alien who has been convicted of an offense for driving 
while intoxicated or impaired, as those terms are 
defined under the law of the jurisdiction where the 
conviction occurred (including a conviction for driving 
while under the influence of or impaired by alcohol or 
drugs), without regard to whether the conviction is 
classified as a misdemeanor or felony under Federal, 
State, tribal, or local law, is deportable.''.

Passed the House of Representatives June 26, 2025.

Attest:

KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

Clerk.