119-hr2204

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2204 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 2204

To require an institution of higher education that becomes aware that a 
student having nonimmigrant status under subparagraph
        (F)
            (i) or
        (J) of 
 

section 101

    (a)

    (15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1101

    (a)

    (15) ) has endorsed or supported a foreign terrorist organization 
 to notify the SEVIS, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 March 18, 2025

 Mr. Langworthy (for himself, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Gill of Texas, Mr. 
Stauber, Mr. Hamadeh of Arizona, Mr. Gosar, and Mr. Webster of Florida) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
 the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and 
 Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
 jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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 A BILL

To require an institution of higher education that becomes aware that a 
student having nonimmigrant status under subparagraph
        (F)
            (i) or
        (J) of 
 

section 101

    (a)

    (15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1101

    (a)

    (15) ) has endorsed or supported a foreign terrorist organization 
 to notify the SEVIS, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. NOTIFICATION BY INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

    (a) In General.--An institution of higher education shall 
immediately report to the SEVIS when a student holding a J-1 or F-1 
nonimmigrant visa has participated in activity in support of, or as an 
endorsement of, a foreign terrorist organization. The Secretary of 
State shall revoke such visa if the Secretary determines that such 
participation is established. In the case of a student whose visa is 
revoked under this section, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
initiate removal proceedings with respect to the student under the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.).

    (b) 

=== Definitions. ===
-In this section:

    (1) The term ``foreign terrorist organization'' means an 
 organization designated as a foreign terrorist organization 
 pursuant to 

section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
 (8 U.S.C. 1189).

    (2) The term ``institution of higher education'' means an 
 approved institution of higher education that is subject to 
 

section 641 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant 
 Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1372).

    (3) The term ``SEVIS'' means the Student and Exchange 
 Visitor Information System of the Department of Homeland 
 Security.
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