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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 29 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to suspend the entry of |
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| 6 | 6 | | aliens, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY9, 2023 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. R |
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| 10 | 10 | | OY(for himself, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. |
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| 12 | 12 | | ISHOPof North Carolina, Mr. RESCHENTHALER, Mr. HIGGINSof Lou- |
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| 13 | 13 | | isiana, Mr. D |
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| 14 | 14 | | UNCAN, Mr. PERRY, Mrs. HARSHBARGER, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. |
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| 16 | 16 | | LINE, Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mrs. HINSON, Mr. FULCHER, |
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| 17 | 17 | | Mr. E |
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| 18 | 18 | | LLZEY, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. FITZGERALD, Mrs. MILLERof Illinois, |
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| 19 | 19 | | Mr. H |
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| 20 | 20 | | UDSON, Mr. GRAVESof Louisiana, Mr. STAUBER, Mr. BABIN, Mr. |
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| 22 | 22 | | OODENof Texas, Mr. VANDREW, and Mrs. GREENEof Georgia) intro- |
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| 23 | 23 | | duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Home- |
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| 24 | 24 | | land Security, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a |
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| 25 | 25 | | period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for |
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| 26 | 26 | | consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com- |
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| 27 | 27 | | mittee concerned |
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| 28 | 28 | | A BILL |
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| 29 | 29 | | To authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to suspend |
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| 30 | 30 | | the entry of aliens, and for other purposes. |
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| 31 | 31 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Border Safety and Se-4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | curity Act of 2023’’. 5 |
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| 39 | 39 | | SEC. 2. SUSPENSION OF ENTRY OF ALIENS. 1 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (a) A |
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| 41 | 41 | | UTHORITYTOSUSPENDENTRY OFALIENS AT 2 |
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| 42 | 42 | | B |
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| 43 | 43 | | ORDERS OF THE UNITEDSTATES.—Notwithstanding 3 |
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| 44 | 44 | | any other provision of law, if the Secretary of Homeland 4 |
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| 45 | 45 | | Security determines, in his discretion, that the suspension 5 |
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| 46 | 46 | | of the entry of covered aliens at an international land or 6 |
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| 47 | 47 | | maritime border of the United States is necessary in order 7 |
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| 48 | 48 | | to achieve operational control over such border, the Sec-8 |
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| 49 | 49 | | retary may prohibit, in whole or in part, the entry of cov-9 |
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| 50 | 50 | | ered aliens at such border for such period of time as the 10 |
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| 51 | 51 | | Secretary determines is necessary for such purpose. 11 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (b) R |
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| 53 | 53 | | EQUIREDSUSPENSION OFENTRY OFALIENS.— 12 |
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| 54 | 54 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 13 |
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| 55 | 55 | | of Homeland Security shall prohibit the entry of covered 14 |
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| 56 | 56 | | aliens for any period during which the Secretary cannot— 15 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (1) detain such covered aliens as required under 16 |
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| 58 | 58 | | section 235(b)(1)(B) of the Immigration and Na-17 |
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| 59 | 59 | | tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1225(b)(1)(B)); or 18 |
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| 60 | 60 | | (2) place such covered aliens in a program con-19 |
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| 61 | 61 | | sistent with section 235(b)(2)(C) of the Immigration 20 |
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| 62 | 62 | | and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1225(b)(2)(C)). 21 |
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| 63 | 63 | | (c) E |
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| 64 | 64 | | NFORCEMENT BY STATEATTORNEYSGEN-22 |
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| 65 | 65 | | ERAL.—The attorney general of a State, or other author-23 |
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| 66 | 66 | | ized State officer, alleging a violation of a subsection (b) 24 |
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| 67 | 67 | | that affects such State or its residents, may bring an ac-25 |
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| 68 | 68 | | tion against the Secretary of Homeland Security on behalf 26 |
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| 72 | 72 | | of the residents of the State in an appropriate United 1 |
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| 73 | 73 | | States district court to obtain appropriate injunctive relief. 2 |
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| 74 | 74 | | (d) D |
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| 75 | 75 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section: 3 |
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| 76 | 76 | | (1) Except as otherwise provided, the terms 4 |
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| 77 | 77 | | have the meanings given such terms in section 101 5 |
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| 78 | 78 | | of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 6 |
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| 79 | 79 | | 1101). 7 |
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| 80 | 80 | | (2) The term ‘‘covered alien’’ means an alien 8 |
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| 81 | 81 | | seeking entry to the United States who is inadmis-9 |
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| 82 | 82 | | sible under section 212(a)(7) of the Immigration 10 |
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| 83 | 83 | | and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(7)). 11 |
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| 84 | 84 | | (3) The term ‘‘operational control’’ has the 12 |
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| 85 | 85 | | meaning given such term in section 2 of the Secure 13 |
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| 86 | 86 | | Fence Act of 2006 (8 U.S.C. 1701 note). 14 |
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