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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2147 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit the admission |
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| 6 | 6 | | of Chinese nationals as nonimmigrant students, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | MARCH14, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. M |
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| 10 | 10 | | OOREof West Virginia (for himself, Mr. OGLES, Mr. PERRY, Mr. |
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| 11 | 11 | | N |
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| 12 | 12 | | EHLS, Mr. GILLof Texas, and Mr. MCDOWELL) introduced the fol- |
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| 13 | 13 | | lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit |
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| 16 | 16 | | the admission of Chinese nationals as nonimmigrant stu- |
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| 17 | 17 | | dents, and for other purposes. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Chinese Com-4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | munist Prying by Vindicating Intellectual Safeguards in 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Academia Act of 2025’’ or the ‘‘Stop CCP VISAs Act of 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | 2025’’. 7 |
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| 27 | 27 | | •HR 2147 IH |
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| 28 | 28 | | SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON ADMISSION OF CHINESE NATION-1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | ALS AS NONIMMIGRANT STUDENTS. 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Section 214 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 3 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (8 U.S.C. 1184) is amended by adding at the end the fol-4 |
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| 32 | 32 | | lowing: 5 |
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| 33 | 33 | | ‘‘(s) P |
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| 34 | 34 | | ROHIBITION ONADMISSION OFCHINESENA-6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | TIONALS ASNONIMMIGRANTSTUDENTS.—An alien who 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | is a national of the People’s Republic of China may not 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | be issued a visa or otherwise provided status as a non-9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | immigrant under section 101(a)(15)(F), (J), or (M), for 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | the purpose of conducting research or pursuing a course 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | of study.’’. 12 |
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