I 119THCONGRESS 1 STSESSION H. R. 1953 To prohibit foreign assistance to countries that deny or delay accepting aliens as described in section 243 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH6, 2025 Mr. R OY(for himself, Mr. NEHLS, Mr. OGLES, Mr. GILLof Texas, Mr. ROSE, Ms. B OEBERT, Mr. MOOREof Alabama, Mr. MASSIE, Mr. PERRY, Mr. R UTHERFORD, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. BABIN, Mr. BIGGSof Arizona, and Mr. C LOUD) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com- mittee on Foreign Affairs A BILL To prohibit foreign assistance to countries that deny or delay accepting aliens as described in section 243 of the Immi- gration and Nationality Act. 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 ‘‘Deportation Compli-4 ance Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:10 Mar 21, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1953.IH H1953 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 2 •HR 1953 IH SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FOREIGN ASSISTANCE TO CER-1 TAIN COUNTRIES. 2 No Federal funds may be made available to provide 3 foreign assistance to any country— 4 (1) with respect to which the Secretary of State 5 has exercised the authority of section 243(d) of the 6 Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1253(d); 7 relating to discontinuing granting visas to nationals 8 of countries denying or delaying accepting aliens) for 9 a period of 180 days; and 10 (2) as of the end of such period, that continues 11 to deny or unreasonably delay accepting aliens who 12 are citizens, subjects, nationals, or residents of that 13 country, as described in section 243(d) of such Act 14 with respect to which the Secretary exercised the au-15 thority of such section. 16 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:10 Mar 21, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1953.IH H1953 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB