Agent Raul Gonzalez Officer Safety Act
Latest action · Feb 13, 2025 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 3, 2025
- Passed HouseFeb 13, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Agent Raul Gonzalez Officer Safety Act
This bill establishes new federal criminal offenses for operating a motor vehicle within 100 miles of the U.S. border while fleeing from a U.S. Border Patrol agent or a federal, state, or local law enforcement officer who is actively assisting or under the command of the U.S. Border Patrol.
The bill establishes criminal penalties for an offense, including a mandatory minimum prison term for an offense resulting in death or serious bodily injury. Additionally, a non-U.S. national who is convicted of or admits to committing an offense is inadmissible, deportable, and ineligible for immigration relief (including asylum).
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
Cosponsors 32
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 3, 2025 to Feb 12, 2025; 19 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Carlos A. Gimenez | Original | Jan 3, 2025 |
| R-NY | Claudia Tenney | Original | Jan 3, 2025 |
| R-LA | Clay Higgins | Original | Jan 3, 2025 |
| R-PA | Daniel Meuser | Original | Jan 3, 2025 |
| R-CA | David G. Valadao | Original | Jan 3, 2025 |
| R-TN | David Kustoff | Original | Jan 3, 2025 |
| R-IN | Erin Houchin | Original | Jan 3, 2025 |
| R-TX | Jake Ellzey | Original | Jan 3, 2025 |
| R-FL | Kat Cammack | Original | Jan 3, 2025 |
| R-IA | Mariannette Miller-Meeks | Original | Jan 3, 2025 |
| R-TX | Monica De La Cruz | Original | Jan 3, 2025 |
| R-MN | Pete Stauber | Original | Jan 3, 2025 |
| R-IA | Randy Feenstra | Original | Jan 3, 2025 |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Original | Jan 3, 2025 |
| R-WI | Scott Fitzgerald | Original | Jan 3, 2025 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jan 3, 2025 |
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Feb 13, 2025 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 13, 2025Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 5. (consideration: CR H682-691)
- Feb 13, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 35.
- Feb 13, 2025The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
- Feb 13, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 264 - 155 (Roll no. 42). (text: CR H683)
- Feb 13, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
In the Congressional Record 5
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H682–H691, H692, H693Text printed H683Recorded votes H690enact | Ben Cline R-VA, Betty McCollum D-MN, Daniel Meuser R-PA, Jamie Raskin D-MD, Janelle S. Bynum D-OR, Jim Jordan R-OH, Joe Wilson R-SC, Juan Ciscomani R-AZ, Michael Guest R-MS, Monica De La Cruz R-TX, Pramila Jayapal D-WA, Rashida Tlaib D-MI, Robert F. Onder, Jr. R-MO, Tom McClintock R-CA | Feb 13, 2025 |
| House | Debate and remarks H666, H671 | Blake D. Moore R-UT | Feb 12, 2025 |
| House | Debate and remarks H622 | Doug LaMalfa R-CA | Feb 11, 2025 |
| House | Debate and remarks H587 | John Joyce R-PA | Feb 10, 2025 |
| House | Declaratory Statements H50 | — | Jan 6, 2025 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 1, January 3, 2025, page H36.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R49032 | Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 119th Congress | Report | Jul 14, 2026 |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HRES 5 | Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, and for other purposes. | Related bill | Jan 3, 2025 |
| S 512 | Agent Raul Gonzalez Officer Safety Act | Related bill | Feb 11, 2025 |
| HR 5585 | Agent Raul Gonzalez Officer Safety Act | Cross-Congress related bill | Jan 31, 2024 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To impose criminal and immigration penalties for intentionally fleeing a pursuing Federal officer while operating a motor vehicle.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Agent Raul Gonzalez Officer Safety Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Agent Raul Gonzalez Officer Safety Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Agent Raul Gonzalez Officer Safety Act
- Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
- To impose criminal and immigration penalties for intentionally fleeing a pursuing Federal officer while operating a motor vehicle.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 13, 2025Referred in Senate
- Feb 13, 2025Engrossed in House
- Jan 3, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
