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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 419
To amend section 212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to ensure
that efforts to engage in espionage or technology transfer are considered
in visa issuance, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY15, 2025
Mr. C
LINE(for himself, Mr. BERGMAN, Mr. OGLES, and Mr. HIGGINSof Lou-
isiana) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend section 212 of the Immigration and Nationality
Act to ensure that efforts to engage in espionage or
technology transfer are considered in visa issuance, 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 ‘‘Protecting America 4
From Spies Act’’. 5
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SEC. 2. EXPANDING INADMISSIBILITY ON SECURITY AND 1
RELATED GROUNDS. 2
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Section 212(a)(3)(A) of the Im-3
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(A)) 4
is amended to read as follows: 5
‘‘(A) I
N GENERAL.—Any alien is inadmis-6
sible if a consular officer, an immigration offi-7
cer, the Secretary of Homeland Security, or the 8
Attorney General knows, or has reasonable 9
ground to believe, that the alien— 10
‘‘(i) engages, has engaged, or will en-11
gage in any activity— 12
‘‘(I) in violation of any law of the 13
United States relating to espionage or 14
sabotage; or 15
‘‘(II) that would violate any law 16
of the United States relating to espio-17
nage or sabotage if the activity oc-18
curred in the United States; 19
‘‘(ii) engages, has engaged, or will en-20
gage in any activity in violation or evasion 21
of any law prohibiting the export from the 22
United States of goods, technology, or sen-23
sitive information; 24
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‘‘(iii) seeks to enter the United States 1
to engage solely, principally, or incidentally 2
in any other unlawful activity; 3
‘‘(iv) seeks to enter the United States 4
to engage solely, principally, or incidentally 5
in any activity a purpose of which is the 6
opposition to, or the control or overthrow 7
of, the Government of the United States by 8
force, violence, or other unlawful means; or 9
‘‘(v) is the spouse or child of an alien 10
who is inadmissible under this subpara-11
graph, if the activity causing the alien to 12
be found inadmissible occurred within the 13
last 5 years.’’. 14
(b) W
AIVERAUTHORITY.—Section 212(d)(3)(A) of 15
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 16
1182(d)(3)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘(other than para-17
graphs (3)(A)(i)(I), (3)(A)(ii), (3)(A)(iii), (3)(C), and 18
clauses (i) and (ii) of paragraph (3)(E) of such sub-19
section)’’ each place such phrase appears and inserting 20
‘‘(other than subparagraphs (A)(i)(I), (A)(ii), (A)(iii), 21
(A)(iv), (C), (E)(i), and (E)(ii) of paragraph (3) of such 22
subsection)’’. 23
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