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No Immigration Benefits for Hamas Terrorists Act of 2025

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Introduced:
Jan 3, 2025
Policy Area:
Immigration

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10
Actions
19
Cosponsors
1
Summaries
5
Subjects
2
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Mar 21, 2025
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 17.

Summaries (1)

Introduced in House - Jan 3, 2025 00
<p><strong>No Immigration Benefits for Hamas Terrorists Act</strong></p><p>This bill imposes immigration-related penalties on certain non-U.S. nationals (<em>aliens</em> under federal law) who are involved with terrorism or attacks against Israel.</p><p>Under this bill, members of Palestinian Islamic Jihad or Hamas or individuals who participated in or otherwise facilitated the October 7, 2023, attacks on Israel may not be admitted into the United States.</p><p>The bill also expands an existing admissions bar against officers, representatives, and spokespersons of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO). Under this bill, all PLO members are barred from admission into the United States.</p><p>The bill also prohibits any non-U.S. national who participated in or otherwise facilitated the October 7, 2023, attacks from seeking any immigration-related relief or protections, including (1) protection from being deported to a country where the individual's life or freedom would be threatened, or (2) asylum in the United States.</p><p>The Department of Homeland Security must annually report to Congress the number of individuals found to be inadmissible or deportable due to their participation in or facilitation of the attacks.</p>

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Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 17.
Type: Calendars | Source: House floor actions | Code: H12410
Mar 21, 2025
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 119-27.
Type: Committee | Source: House floor actions | Code: H12200
Mar 21, 2025
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 119-27.
Type: Committee | Source: Library of Congress | Code: 5000
Mar 21, 2025
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
Jan 3, 2025
Introduced in House
Type: IntroReferral | Source: Library of Congress | Code: Intro-H
Jan 3, 2025
Introduced in House
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Jan 3, 2025
Introduced in House
Type: IntroReferral | Source: Library of Congress | Code: 1000
Jan 3, 2025
Introduced in House
Type: IntroReferral | Source: Library of Congress | Code: 1000
Jan 3, 2025

Subjects (5)

Immigration (Policy Area) Immigration status and procedures Israel Middle East Terrorism

Cosponsors (19)

Text Versions (2)

Reported in House

Mar 21, 2025

Introduced in House

Jan 3, 2025

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Length: 5,182 characters Version: Reported in House Version Date: Mar 21, 2025 Last Updated: Nov 12, 2025 6:13 AM
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 176 Reported in House

(RH) ]

<DOC>

Union Calendar No. 17
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 176

[Report No. 119-27]

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to aliens who
carried out, participated in, planned, financed, supported, or
otherwise facilitated the attacks against Israel.

_______________________________________________________________________

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 3, 2025

Mr. McClintock (for himself, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Ms. Tenney,
Mrs. Wagner, Mr. Edwards, Mrs. Houchin, Mr. Hunt, and Mr. Crank)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
the Judiciary

March 21, 2025

Additional sponsors: Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Obernolte, Mr. Rogers of
Kentucky, Mr. Brecheen, Mr. Harris of Maryland, Mr. Grothman, Mr. Self,
Mr. Mann, Mr. Hurd of Colorado, Mr. Stauber, Mr. Owens, and Mr. Cline

March 21, 2025

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January
3, 2025]

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to aliens who
carried out, participated in, planned, financed, supported, or
otherwise facilitated the attacks against Israel.

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 Immigration Benefits for Hamas
Terrorists Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2.
SUPPORTED, OR OTHERWISE FACILITATED ATTACKS AGAINST
ISRAEL.

(a) Participants in Hamas Terrorism Against Israel.--
Section 212 (a) (3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.

(a)

(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182

(a)

(3) )
is amended--

(1) in subparagraph
(B)
(i) , in the matter following
subclause
(IX) --
(A) by inserting ``Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or
Hamas'' after ``Palestine Liberation Organization'';
and
(B) by inserting ``member,'' after
``representative,''; and

(2) by adding at the end the following:
``
(H) Participants in hamas terrorism against
israel.--Any alien who carried out, participated in,
planned, financed, afforded material support to, or
otherwise facilitated any of the attacks against Israel
initiated by Hamas beginning on October 7, 2023, is
inadmissible.''.

(b) Ineligibility for Relief.--
Section 241 (b) (3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.

(b)

(3) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231

(b)

(3) ) is amended by adding at the
end the following:
``
(D) Ineligibility for relief.--Any alien who
carried out, participated in, planned, financed,
afforded material support to, or otherwise facilitated
any of the attacks against Israel initiated by Hamas
beginning on October 7, 2023, shall be ineligible for
any relief under the immigration laws, including under
this section,
section 208, and
section 2242 of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (and any regulations issued pursuant to such section).
Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 1999 (and any regulations issued
pursuant to such section).''.
(c) Conforming Amendment.--
Section 237 (a) (4) (B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.

(a)

(4)
(B) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227

(a)

(4)
(B) ) is amended by striking
``subparagraph
(B) or
(F) '' and inserting ``subparagraph
(B) ,
(F) , or
(H) ''.
(d) Report Required on Participants in Hamas Terrorism Against
Israel.--Beginning not later than one year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, and each year thereafter, the Secretary of
Homeland Security shall submit a report to Congress, including the
number of aliens who were--

(1) found to be inadmissible under
section 212 (a) (3) (H) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.

(a)

(3)
(H) of
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182

(a)

(3)
(H) );
and

(2) described in
section 212 (a) (3) (H) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.

(a)

(3)
(H) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182

(a)

(3)
(H) ) and found to be
removable pursuant to
section 237 (a) (4) (B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.

(a)

(4)
(B) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227

(a)

(4)
(B) ).
Union Calendar No. 17

119th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 176

[Report No. 119-27]

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to aliens who
carried out, participated in, planned, financed, supported, or
otherwise facilitated the attacks against Israel.

_______________________________________________________________________

March 21, 2025

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed