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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 275 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to publish on a monthly |
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| 6 | 6 | | basis the number of special interest aliens encountered attempting to |
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| 7 | 7 | | unlawfully enter the United States, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | JANUARY9, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Ms. G |
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| 11 | 11 | | REENEof Georgia (for herself, Mr. GREENof Tennessee, Mr. HIGGINS |
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| 12 | 12 | | of Louisiana, Mr. C |
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| 13 | 13 | | RANE, Mr. GUEST, and Mr. BRECHEEN) introduced |
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| 14 | 14 | | the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Se- |
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| 15 | 15 | | curity |
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| 16 | 16 | | A BILL |
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| 17 | 17 | | To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to publish |
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| 18 | 18 | | on a monthly basis the number of special interest aliens |
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| 19 | 19 | | encountered attempting to unlawfully enter the United |
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| 20 | 20 | | States, and for other purposes. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 22 | 22 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 24 | 24 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Special Interest Alien 4 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Reporting Act of 2024’’. 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •HR 275 IH |
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| 29 | 29 | | SEC. 2. PUBLICATION BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECURITY OF THE NUMBER OF SPECIAL IN-2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | TEREST ALIENS ENCOUNTERED ATTEMPTING 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | TO UNLAWFULLY ENTER THE UNITED 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | STATES. 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (a) I |
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| 35 | 35 | | NGENERAL.—Not later than the seventh day of 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | each month, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | publish on a publicly available webpage of the Department 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | of Homeland Security and submit to the Committee on 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | Affairs of the Senate a report on the total number, and 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | an identification of the nationalities or countries of last 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | habitual residence, of special interest aliens encountered 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | by the Department attempting to unlawfully enter the 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | United States during the immediately preceding month. 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | Each such report shall also include the following: 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (1) Such number disaggregated by geographic 18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | regions of such encounters. 19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (2) Specifications relating to whether such en-20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | counters were made at land, air, or sea ports of 21 |
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| 51 | 51 | | entry, between ports of entry, or in the interior of 22 |
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| 52 | 52 | | the United States. 23 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (3) Identification of any such nationalities or 24 |
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| 54 | 54 | | countries of last habitual residence that are covered 25 |
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| 55 | 55 | | nations. 26 |
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| 58 | 58 | | •HR 275 IH |
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| 59 | 59 | | (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 1 |
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| 60 | 60 | | (1) A |
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| 61 | 61 | | LIEN.—The term ‘‘alien’’ has the meaning 2 |
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| 62 | 62 | | given such term in section 101 of the Immigration 3 |
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| 63 | 63 | | and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101). 4 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (2) C |
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| 65 | 65 | | OVERED NATION.—The term ‘‘covered na-5 |
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| 66 | 66 | | tion’’ has the meaning given such term in section 6 |
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| 67 | 67 | | 4872(d)(2) of title 10, United States Code. 7 |
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| 68 | 68 | | (3) S |
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| 69 | 69 | | PECIAL INTEREST ALIEN.—The term ‘‘spe-8 |
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| 70 | 70 | | cial interest alien’’ means an alien who, based on an 9 |
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| 71 | 71 | | analysis of travel patterns, potentially poses a na-10 |
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| 72 | 72 | | tional security risk to the United States or its inter-11 |
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| 73 | 73 | | ests. 12 |
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