# 119-hr-8182: Banning Perpetrators of Religious Persecution Act of 2026

119-hr-8182, Banning Perpetrators of Religious Persecution Act of 2026, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Moore, Tim [R-NC-14] (R-NC); status introduced (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-8182
- Congress: 119
- Title: Banning Perpetrators of Religious Persecution Act of 2026
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-04-02
- Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Tim [R-NC-14] (R-NC)
- Cosponsors: 10
- Policy area: Immigration
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**This bill would bar visa admission for people who commit particularly severe violations of religious freedom.** It would add a new inadmissibility ground to U.S. immigration law and require public identification of those barred, with narrow foreign policy exceptions. - People accused of religious persecution: Aliens who, while serving as foreign government officials or at any time while abroad, directed, authorized, significantly supported, participated in, or carried out particularly severe violations of religious freedom would be inadmissible to the United States under a new clause tied to the International Religious Freedom Act definitions. - Department of State and public transparency: The Secretary of State would be required to post the names of those found inadmissible and the countries or locations where violations occurred on the Department of State's public website, subject to confidentiality limits in existing immigration law. - Diplomatic exceptions and congressional notice: The Secretary could exclude a name from public posting on a case-by-case basis for adverse foreign policy reasons and that exclusion would be sole and unreviewable, but the Secretary must provide semiannual reports to Congress explaining such exclusions.

## Cosponsors (10)

- Rep. Luna, Anna Paulina [R-FL-13] (R-FL), 2026-04-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fedorchak, Julie [R-ND-At Large] (R-ND), 2026-04-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kennedy, Mike [R-UT-3] (R-UT), 2026-04-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Self, Keith [R-TX-3] (R-TX), 2026-04-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McDowell, Addison P. [R-NC-6] (R-NC), 2026-04-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck" [R-TN-3] (R-TN), 2026-04-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mace, Nancy [R-SC-1] (R-SC), 2026-04-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6] (R-WI), 2026-04-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17] (R-FL), 2026-04-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Webster, Daniel [R-FL-11] (R-FL), 2026-04-02T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Ban on admitting religious persecutors: cost, low. If enacted, the bill would make certain noncitizens ineligible for U.S. visas or admission. It would bar officials who, while serving a foreign government, were responsible for or directly carried out particularly severe violations of religious freedom. It would also bar people outside the United S…
- Public list of barred individuals: mixed, low. If enacted, the bill would require the State Department to post on its public website the names of people barred under the new religious-persecution rule and where the violations happened. The bill would override certain confidentiality limits for those postings. The Secretary of State could exclud…

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- 119-hr-425: Repealing Big Brother Overreach Act
- 119-hr-38: Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2025
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- 119-hr-21: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-8182 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8182)

## Related
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- [119-hr-1422: Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1422)
- [119-hr-425: Repealing Big Brother Overreach Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-425)
- [119-hr-38: Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-38)
- [119-hr-9298: Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9298)
- [119-hr-21: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-21)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8182 (as of 2026-04-21).