Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 1837
5	5	To require aliens seeking admission to the United States as nonimmigrants
6	6	to pay a bond or cash payment and to impose penalties on such aliens
7	7	who fail to timely depart the United States, and for other purposes.
8	8	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
9	9	MARCH4, 2025
10	10	Mr. O
11	11	NDER(for himself, Mr. MOOREof Alabama, Mr. NEHLS, Mr. GILLof
12	12	Texas, Mr. H
13	13	ARRISof Maryland, Mr. HARIDOPOLOS, and Mr. HARRISof
14	14	North Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
15	15	Committee on the Judiciary
16	16	A BILL
17	17	To require aliens seeking admission to the United States
18	18	as nonimmigrants to pay a bond or cash payment and
19	19	to impose penalties on such aliens who fail to timely
20	20	depart the United States, and for other purposes.
21	21	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
22	22	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
23	23	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
24	24	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Timely Departure 4
25	25	Act’’. 5
26	26	SEC. 2. VISA OVERSTAY BONDS AND PENALTIES. 6
27	27	(a) D
28	28	EFINITIONS.—In this Act: 7
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32	32	(1) IN GENERAL.—A term used in this section 1
33	33	that is used in the immigration laws shall have the 2
34	34	meaning given such term in the immigration laws. 3
35	35	(2) I
36	36	MMIGRATION LAWS.—The term ‘‘immigra-4
37	37	tion laws’’ has the meaning given such term under 5
38	38	section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 6
39	39	Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)). 7
40	40	(b) N
41	41	ONIMMIGRANTBONDS.— 8
42	42	(1) A
43	43	DMISSION CONTINGENT ON POSTING OF 9
44	44	BOND.— 10
45	45	(A) I
46	46	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in 11
47	47	subparagraph (B), an alien seeking admission 12
48	48	to the United States as a nonimmigrant shall 13
49	49	pay a bond or cash payment in an amount not 14
50	50	less than $5,000 and not more than $50,000 to 15
51	51	help ensure that the alien departs the United 16
52	52	States before the date on which his or her pe-17
53	53	riod of stay authorized by the Secretary of 18
54	54	Homeland Security in connection with such sta-19
55	55	tus expires. 20
56	56	(B) N
57	57	ONAPPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN 21
58	58	ALIENS.—Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to 22
59	59	any alien who— 23
60	60	(i) is present in the United States 24
61	61	pursuant to a nonimmigrant visa issued 25
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65	65	under subparagraph (A), (C), (G), (P)(i), 1
66	66	(T), or (U) of section 101(a)(15) of the 2
67	67	Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 3
68	68	1101(a)(15)); or 4
69	69	(ii) is a national of a program country 5
70	70	for purposes of the visa waiver program 6
71	71	under section 217 of the Immigration and 7
72	72	Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187). 8
73	73	(2) A
74	74	UTOMATIC AND NONAPPEALABLE FOR -9
75	75	FEITURE.— 10
76	76	(A) I
77	77	N GENERAL.—In the case of a non-11
78	78	immigrant who has paid a bond or cash pay-12
79	79	ment under paragraph (1) who fails to depart 13
80	80	the United States before midnight (Pacific 14
81	81	Time) on the date on which his or her author-15
82	82	ized period of stay expires, such bond or cash 16
83	83	payment shall be forfeited without the oppor-17
84	84	tunity for appeal or review. 18
85	85	(B) O
86	86	FFSETTING ACCOUNT .—A forfeited 19
87	87	bond or cash payment under this paragraph 20
88	88	shall be deposited in an offsetting account 21
89	89	under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of 22
90	90	Homeland Security, to be known as the ‘‘Immi-23
91	91	gration Detention and Enforcement Account’’, 24
92	92	and the amounts deposited into such account 25
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96	96	shall be used solely for purposes of funding 1
97	97	alien detention facilities and international 2
98	98	transportation for aliens ordered removed from 3
99	99	the United States. 4
100	100	(3) R
101	101	EMOVAL AND IMMIGRATION PENALTY .— 5
102	102	An alien whose bond or cash payment is forfeited 6
103	103	under paragraph (2) shall be— 7
104	104	(A) promptly removed from the United 8
105	105	States; and 9
106	106	(B) for a period not less than 4 years and 10
107	107	not more than 12 years beginning on the date 11
108	108	of such forfeiture, ineligible for any lawful im-12
109	109	migration status or adjustment of status under 13
110	110	the immigration laws. 14
111	111	(c) L
112	112	IMITATION ONASYLUM ANDWITHHOLDING OF 15
113	113	R
114	114	EMOVALCLAIMS.— 16
115	115	(1) I
116	116	N GENERAL.—An alien present in the 17
117	117	United States pursuant to admission as a non-18
118	118	immigrant who intends to seek asylum or with-19
119	119	holding of removal in the United States shall submit 20
120	120	an application for asylum or withholding of removal 21
121	121	before midnight (Pacific Time) on the date on which 22
122	122	his or her authorized period of stay in connection 23
123	123	with nonimmigrant status expires. 24
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127	127	(2) CONSEQUENCE OF FAILURE TO TIMELY DE -1
128	128	PART.—An alien described in paragraph (1) who 2
129	129	fails to depart the United States before midnight 3
130	130	(Pacific Time) on the date on which his or her au-4
131	131	thorized period of stay expires and who has not sub-5
132	132	mitted an application for asylum or withholding of 6
133	133	removal shall be ineligible to submit such an applica-7
134	134	tion after such date. 8
135	135	(d) R
136	136	EGULATIONS.— 9
137	137	(1) I
138	138	N GENERAL.—In implementing this sec-10
139	139	tion, the Secretary of Homeland Security may only 11
140	140	issue regulations or policy guidance with respect 12
141	141	to— 13
142	142	(A) the collection and retention of bonds 14
143	143	and cash payments; 15
144	144	(B) the notification of the Attorney Gen-16
145	145	eral with respect to the failure of an alien to 17
146	146	timely depart the United States before midnight 18
147	147	(Pacific Time) on the date on which his or her 19
148	148	authorized period of stay in connection with 20
149	149	nonimmigrant status expires; and 21
150	150	(C) the prevention of the circumvention of 22
151	151	the requirement to pay a bond or cash payment 23
152	152	under subsection (b)(1). 24
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156	156	(2) PROHIBITION.—The Secretary of Homeland 1
157	157	Security shall not waive or nullify any requirement 2
158	158	of this section, whether by rulemaking, order, or 3
159	159	other action. 4
160	160	(e) E
161	161	FFECTIVEDATE.—This section shall take effect 5
162	162	on the date that is 30 days after the date of the enactment 6
163	163	of this Act. 7
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