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118THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 29
To authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to suspend the entry of
aliens, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY9, 2023
Mr. R
OY(for himself, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr.
B
ISHOPof North Carolina, Mr. RESCHENTHALER, Mr. HIGGINSof Lou-
isiana, Mr. D
UNCAN, Mr. PERRY, Mrs. HARSHBARGER, Mr. GAETZ, Mr.
C
LINE, Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mrs. HINSON, Mr. FULCHER,
Mr. E
LLZEY, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. FITZGERALD, Mrs. MILLERof Illinois,
Mr. H
UDSON, Mr. GRAVESof Louisiana, Mr. STAUBER, Mr. BABIN, Mr.
G
OODENof Texas, Mr. VANDREW, and Mrs. GREENEof Georgia) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Home-
land Security, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a
period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned
A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to suspend
the entry of aliens, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Border Safety and Se-4
curity Act of 2023’’. 5
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SEC. 2. SUSPENSION OF ENTRY OF ALIENS. 1
(a) A
UTHORITYTOSUSPENDENTRY OFALIENS AT 2
B
ORDERS OF THE UNITEDSTATES.—Notwithstanding 3
any other provision of law, if the Secretary of Homeland 4
Security determines, in his discretion, that the suspension 5
of the entry of covered aliens at an international land or 6
maritime border of the United States is necessary in order 7
to achieve operational control over such border, the Sec-8
retary may prohibit, in whole or in part, the entry of cov-9
ered aliens at such border for such period of time as the 10
Secretary determines is necessary for such purpose. 11
(b) R
EQUIREDSUSPENSION OFENTRY OFALIENS.— 12
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 13
of Homeland Security shall prohibit the entry of covered 14
aliens for any period during which the Secretary cannot— 15
(1) detain such covered aliens as required under 16
section 235(b)(1)(B) of the Immigration and Na-17
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1225(b)(1)(B)); or 18
(2) place such covered aliens in a program con-19
sistent with section 235(b)(2)(C) of the Immigration 20
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1225(b)(2)(C)). 21
(c) E
NFORCEMENT BY STATEATTORNEYSGEN-22
ERAL.—The attorney general of a State, or other author-23
ized State officer, alleging a violation of a subsection (b) 24
that affects such State or its residents, may bring an ac-25
tion against the Secretary of Homeland Security on behalf 26
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of the residents of the State in an appropriate United 1
States district court to obtain appropriate injunctive relief. 2
(d) D
EFINITIONS.—In this section: 3
(1) Except as otherwise provided, the terms 4
have the meanings given such terms in section 101 5
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 6
1101). 7
(2) The term ‘‘covered alien’’ means an alien 8
seeking entry to the United States who is inadmis-9
sible under section 212(a)(7) of the Immigration 10
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(7)). 11
(3) The term ‘‘operational control’’ has the 12
meaning given such term in section 2 of the Secure 13
Fence Act of 2006 (8 U.S.C. 1701 note). 14
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