Introduced:
Feb 6, 2025
Policy Area:
Immigration
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Actions
5
Cosponsors
1
Summaries
5
Subjects
1
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Latest Action
Feb 26, 2025
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Summaries (1)
Introduced in House
- Feb 6, 2025
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<p><strong>No Censors on our Shores Act</strong></p><p>This bill makes certain non-U.S. nationals (<em>aliens</em> under federal law) who were involved in conduct that would have been in violation of the First Amendment to the Constitution if it had occurred in the United States (1) inadmissible for entry into the United States, and (2) deportable.</p><p>Specifically, the bill applies to an individual who, while serving as a foreign government official, carried out or was responsible for activity against a U.S. citizen located in the United States that would have violated the First Amendment if committed by a U.S. government official in the United States.</p>
Actions (5)
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Type: Committee
| Source: House committee actions
| Code: H19000
Feb 26, 2025
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Type: Committee
| Source: House committee actions
| Code: H15001
Feb 26, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Type: IntroReferral
| Source: House floor actions
| Code: H11100
Feb 6, 2025
Introduced in House
Type: IntroReferral
| Source: Library of Congress
| Code: Intro-H
Feb 6, 2025
Introduced in House
Type: IntroReferral
| Source: Library of Congress
| Code: 1000
Feb 6, 2025
Subjects (5)
Border security and unlawful immigration
First Amendment rights
Immigration
(Policy Area)
Immigration status and procedures
Subversive activities
Cosponsors (5)
(R-VA)
Feb 26, 2025
Feb 26, 2025
(R-TX)
Feb 24, 2025
Feb 24, 2025
(R-WA)
Feb 6, 2025
Feb 6, 2025
(R-TX)
Feb 6, 2025
Feb 6, 2025
(R-FL)
Feb 6, 2025
Feb 6, 2025
Full Bill Text
Length: 2,266 characters
Version: Introduced in House
Version Date: Feb 6, 2025
Last Updated: Nov 15, 2025 6:20 AM
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1071 Introduced in House
(IH) ]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1071
To provide that any foreign government official who engages in
censorship of American speech is inadmissible and deportable.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 6, 2025
Mr. Issa (for himself, Ms. Salazar, Mr. Gill of Texas, and Mr.
Baumgartner) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To provide that any foreign government official who engages in
censorship of American speech is inadmissible and deportable.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1071 Introduced in House
(IH) ]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1071
To provide that any foreign government official who engages in
censorship of American speech is inadmissible and deportable.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 6, 2025
Mr. Issa (for himself, Ms. Salazar, Mr. Gill of Texas, and Mr.
Baumgartner) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To provide that any foreign government official who engages in
censorship of American speech is inadmissible and deportable.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1.
This Act may be cited as the ``No Censors on our Shores Act''.
SEC. 2.
(a) Inadmissibility.--
Section 212
(a)
(2) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.
(a)
(2) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182
(a)
(2) ) is amended by adding at the end
the following:
``
(J) Censorship.--Any alien who, while serving as
a foreign government official, was responsible for or
directly carried out, at any time, any act against a
United States citizen located in the United States
that, if committed by a United States government
official in the United States, would violate the First
Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, is
inadmissible.''.
(b) Deportability.--
Section 237
(a)
(2) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.
(a)
(2) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227
(a)
(2) ) is amended by adding at the end
the following:
``
(G) Censorship.--Any alien who, while serving as
a foreign government official, was responsible for or
directly carried out, at any time, any act against a
United States citizen located in the United States
that, if committed by a United States government
official in the United States, would violate the First
Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, is
deportable.''.
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