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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 275
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to publish on a monthly
basis the number of special interest aliens encountered attempting to
unlawfully enter the United States, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY9, 2025
Ms. G
REENEof Georgia (for herself, Mr. GREENof Tennessee, Mr. HIGGINS
of Louisiana, Mr. C
RANE, Mr. GUEST, and Mr. BRECHEEN) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Se-
curity
A BILL
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to publish
on a monthly basis the number of special interest aliens
encountered attempting to unlawfully enter the United
States, 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 ‘‘Special Interest Alien 4
Reporting Act of 2024’’. 5
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SEC. 2. PUBLICATION BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 1
SECURITY OF THE NUMBER OF SPECIAL IN-2
TEREST ALIENS ENCOUNTERED ATTEMPTING 3
TO UNLAWFULLY ENTER THE UNITED 4
STATES. 5
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Not later than the seventh day of 6
each month, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 7
publish on a publicly available webpage of the Department 8
of Homeland Security and submit to the Committee on 9
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and 10
the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 11
Affairs of the Senate a report on the total number, and 12
an identification of the nationalities or countries of last 13
habitual residence, of special interest aliens encountered 14
by the Department attempting to unlawfully enter the 15
United States during the immediately preceding month. 16
Each such report shall also include the following: 17
(1) Such number disaggregated by geographic 18
regions of such encounters. 19
(2) Specifications relating to whether such en-20
counters were made at land, air, or sea ports of 21
entry, between ports of entry, or in the interior of 22
the United States. 23
(3) Identification of any such nationalities or 24
countries of last habitual residence that are covered 25
nations. 26
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(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 1
(1) A
LIEN.—The term ‘‘alien’’ has the meaning 2
given such term in section 101 of the Immigration 3
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101). 4
(2) C
OVERED NATION.—The term ‘‘covered na-5
tion’’ has the meaning given such term in section 6
4872(d)(2) of title 10, United States Code. 7
(3) S
PECIAL INTEREST ALIEN.—The term ‘‘spe-8
cial interest alien’’ means an alien who, based on an 9
analysis of travel patterns, potentially poses a na-10
tional security risk to the United States or its inter-11
ests. 12
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