# 119-s-2297: Preventing Intelligence Gathering from Foreign Adversaries Act

119-s-2297, Preventing Intelligence Gathering from Foreign Adversaries Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] (R-FL); status introduced (as of 2026-08-11).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-2297
- Congress: 119
- Title: Preventing Intelligence Gathering from Foreign Adversaries Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-07-16
- Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] (R-FL)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Immigration
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-08-11

## 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. - 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.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Block entry, deport noncitizens tied to spying: cost, low. 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 cha…

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## Sources
- [119-s-2297 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2297)

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- [119-s-4280: SAFE Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4280)
- [119-s-690: Overdose RADAR Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-690)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2297 (as of 2026-08-11).