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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 419 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend section 212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to ensure |
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| 6 | 6 | | that efforts to engage in espionage or technology transfer are considered |
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| 7 | 7 | | in visa issuance, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | JANUARY15, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. C |
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| 11 | 11 | | LINE(for himself, Mr. BERGMAN, Mr. OGLES, and Mr. HIGGINSof Lou- |
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| 12 | 12 | | isiana) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee |
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| 13 | 13 | | on the Judiciary |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To amend section 212 of the Immigration and Nationality |
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| 16 | 16 | | Act to ensure that efforts to engage in espionage or |
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| 17 | 17 | | technology transfer are considered in visa issuance, and |
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| 18 | 18 | | for other purposes. |
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| 19 | 19 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 20 | 20 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting America 4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | From Spies Act’’. 5 |
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| 26 | 26 | | •HR 419 IH |
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| 27 | 27 | | SEC. 2. EXPANDING INADMISSIBILITY ON SECURITY AND 1 |
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| 28 | 28 | | RELATED GROUNDS. 2 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (a) I |
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| 30 | 30 | | NGENERAL.—Section 212(a)(3)(A) of the Im-3 |
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| 31 | 31 | | migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(A)) 4 |
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| 32 | 32 | | is amended to read as follows: 5 |
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| 33 | 33 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 34 | 34 | | N GENERAL.—Any alien is inadmis-6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | sible if a consular officer, an immigration offi-7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | cer, the Secretary of Homeland Security, or the 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | Attorney General knows, or has reasonable 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | ground to believe, that the alien— 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | ‘‘(i) engages, has engaged, or will en-11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | gage in any activity— 12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | ‘‘(I) in violation of any law of the 13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | United States relating to espionage or 14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | sabotage; or 15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | ‘‘(II) that would violate any law 16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | of the United States relating to espio-17 |
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| 46 | 46 | | nage or sabotage if the activity oc-18 |
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| 47 | 47 | | curred in the United States; 19 |
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| 48 | 48 | | ‘‘(ii) engages, has engaged, or will en-20 |
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| 49 | 49 | | gage in any activity in violation or evasion 21 |
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| 50 | 50 | | of any law prohibiting the export from the 22 |
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| 51 | 51 | | United States of goods, technology, or sen-23 |
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| 52 | 52 | | sitive information; 24 |
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| 55 | 55 | | •HR 419 IH |
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| 56 | 56 | | ‘‘(iii) seeks to enter the United States 1 |
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| 57 | 57 | | to engage solely, principally, or incidentally 2 |
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| 58 | 58 | | in any other unlawful activity; 3 |
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| 59 | 59 | | ‘‘(iv) seeks to enter the United States 4 |
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| 60 | 60 | | to engage solely, principally, or incidentally 5 |
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| 61 | 61 | | in any activity a purpose of which is the 6 |
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| 62 | 62 | | opposition to, or the control or overthrow 7 |
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| 63 | 63 | | of, the Government of the United States by 8 |
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| 64 | 64 | | force, violence, or other unlawful means; or 9 |
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| 65 | 65 | | ‘‘(v) is the spouse or child of an alien 10 |
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| 66 | 66 | | who is inadmissible under this subpara-11 |
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| 67 | 67 | | graph, if the activity causing the alien to 12 |
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| 68 | 68 | | be found inadmissible occurred within the 13 |
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| 69 | 69 | | last 5 years.’’. 14 |
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| 70 | 70 | | (b) W |
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| 71 | 71 | | AIVERAUTHORITY.—Section 212(d)(3)(A) of 15 |
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| 72 | 72 | | the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 16 |
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| 73 | 73 | | 1182(d)(3)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘(other than para-17 |
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| 74 | 74 | | graphs (3)(A)(i)(I), (3)(A)(ii), (3)(A)(iii), (3)(C), and 18 |
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| 75 | 75 | | clauses (i) and (ii) of paragraph (3)(E) of such sub-19 |
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| 76 | 76 | | section)’’ each place such phrase appears and inserting 20 |
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| 77 | 77 | | ‘‘(other than subparagraphs (A)(i)(I), (A)(ii), (A)(iii), 21 |
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| 78 | 78 | | (A)(iv), (C), (E)(i), and (E)(ii) of paragraph (3) of such 22 |
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| 79 | 79 | | subsection)’’. 23 |
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