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119-s-2297119th Congress

Preventing Intelligence Gathering from Foreign Adversaries Act

Sponsored By: Senator Scott, Rick [R-FL]

Introduced

Summary

Blocks entry and allows deportation of noncitizens who are legally required by a foreign country to aid its intelligence services. It would add matching inadmissibility and deportability grounds to the Immigration and Nationality Act for aliens 'subject to' foreign intelligence-security laws that require access to, cooperation with, or support for intelligence-gathering.

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  • Noncitizens: People subject to a foreign law that requires them to provide access, cooperation, or support to foreign intelligence could be denied visas or placed in removal proceedings under the new statutory grounds.
  • Immigration officials: Visa officers and immigration adjudicators would apply these two new grounds when deciding admission and deportation cases.
  • Legal and scope uncertainty: The bill does not define who counts as a 'foreign adversary' or set a process for determining who is 'subject to' such a law, leaving applicability unclear.
  • Implementation: The text includes no phase-in, sunset, funding, or operational details beyond creating the two new grounds.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.

Block entry, deport noncitizens tied to spying

If enacted, this bill would make noncitizens who are subject to a foreign law requiring them to help that country's intelligence efforts inadmissible and deportable. It would add a new inadmissibility ground at 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(H) and a new deportability ground at 8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(4)(G). The change would take effect upon enactment and does not provide funding or define who counts as a "foreign adversary."

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Scott, Rick [R-FL]

FL • R

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

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