S.Amdt. 1535

SA 1535. Mrs. BLACKBURN submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed to amendment SA 1388 submitted by Mrs. Murray (for herself and
Mr. Schumer) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 815, to amend
title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements relating to
the eligibility of veterans to receive reimbursement for emergency
treatment furnished through the Veterans Community Care program, and
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. EXPEDITED REMOVAL OF ALIENS CONVICTED OF AGGRAVATED
ASSAULT AGAINST A FIRST RESPONDER.

(a) Grounds for Deportability.--Section 237(a)(2)(A) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)(A)) is
amended--
(1) by redesignating clause (vi) as clause (vii); and
(2) by inserting after clause (v) the following:
``(vi) Aggravated assault against a first responder.--Any
alien who is convicted of any form of aggravated assault
against a first responder, including a law enforcement
officer, a firefighter, or an emergency medical technician,
is deportable.''.
(b) Expedited Removal.--Section 238(a)(1) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1228(a)(1)) is
amended--
(1) by striking ``section 241(a)(2)(A)(iii), (B), (C), or
(D)'' and inserting ``subparagraph (A)(iii), (A)(vi), (B),
(C), or (D) of section 237(a)(2)''; and
(2) by striking ``section 241'' each place such term
appears and inserting ``section 237''.
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