# 119-hr-9834: No Racketeers on our Shores Act

119-hr-9834, No Racketeers on our Shores Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Baumgartner, Michael [R-WA-5] (R-WA); status in_committee (as of 2026-09-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-9834
- Congress: 119
- Title: No Racketeers on our Shores Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2026-07-22
- Sponsor: Rep. Baumgartner, Michael [R-WA-5] (R-WA)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Immigration
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-19

## Summary

This bill would add new immigration penalties to block foreign government officials who carry out **economic discrimination** against U.S. persons. It would make such officials inadmissible at the border and removable from the United States. - United States persons (individuals and businesses): Gain a new protection. Officials who subject you to harsher investigations, enforcement actions, licensing denials, fines, fees, tax assessments, or other administrative burdens than similarly situated non‑U.S. parties could be the basis for exclusion or removal. - Foreign government officials acting in an official capacity: Face two new legal grounds. Their discriminatory investigations, enforcement actions, licensing determinations, fines, fees, tax assessments, or other legal, regulatory, or administrative burdens could make them inadmissible or deportable. - Immigration authorities and courts: Would get a new tool that requires comparing treatment of a U.S. person to a similarly situated non‑U.S. person and allows multiple actions to be considered “taken together” when deciding inadmissibility or deportability.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Bar foreign officials who discriminate: mixed, low. If enacted, the bill would make some foreign government officials inadmissible and deportable. It would apply when an alien serving as a foreign government official starts, directs, or carries out investigations, enforcement actions, licensing decisions, fines, fees, tax assessments, or other legal…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-2570: Maximum Pressure Act
- 119-hr-4895: Afghan Adjustment Act
- 119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025
- 119-hr-2619: No Paydays for Hostage-Takers Act
- 119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-9834 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9834)

## Related
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-2570: Maximum Pressure Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2570)
- [119-hr-4895: Afghan Adjustment Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4895)
- [119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1229)
- [119-hr-2619: No Paydays for Hostage-Takers Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2619)
- [119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4206)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9834 (as of 2026-09-19).