# H.R. 35 (119th): Agent Raul Gonzalez Officer Safety Act

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).

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: border_security. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: immigration. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: law_enforcement. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: mandatory_minimum. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: officer_safety. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
Roll 42: On Passage. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The bill directly addresses a real public-safety harm: reckless flight that endangers officers and the public. It does not advance moral evil. Its mandatory minimum and the immigration bars for non-citizens raise prudential and proportionality concerns, so the classification is mixed rather than good or evil.
Theological note: The measure bears on protecting officers and bystanders from reckless flight, a matter of neighbor-love and civil order under general equity. Its mandatory minimum and immigration consequences raise questions of proportion, due process, and fair treatment of non-citizens that deserve careful review. This summary identifies issue relevance only and is not a final candidate judgment.

## Recorded votes

Roll 42: On Passage. Yea 264 · Nay 155 · Other 14.

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