119-s762

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 762 Introduced in Senate

    (IS) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 762

 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to deny immigration 
benefits to aliens who carried out, participated in, planned, financed, 
 supported, or otherwise facilitated the October 2023 attacks against 
 Israel.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 February 27, 2025

 Mrs. Blackburn (for herself and Ms. Rosen) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the 
 Judiciary

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 A BILL

 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to deny immigration 
benefits to aliens who carried out, participated in, planned, financed, 
 supported, or otherwise facilitated the October 2023 attacks against 
 Israel.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``No Immigration Benefits for Hamas 
Terrorists Act''.

SEC. 2. ALIENS WHO CARRIED OUT, PARTICIPATED IN, PLANNED, FINANCED, 
 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.S.C. 1182

    (a)

    (3) ) 
is amended--

    (1) in subparagraph
        (B)
            (i) , in the undesignated matter 
 following subclause
            (IX) --
        (A) by inserting ``senior member,'' after 
 ``representative,''; and
        (B) by inserting ``or an officer, official 
 representative, member, or spokesman of Palestinian 
 Islamic Jihad or Hamas'' after ``Palestine Liberation 
 Organization''; 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.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 relief 
 under this section, 

section 208 of this Act, 

section 2242 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal 
 Years 1998 and 1999 (subdivision B of division G of 
 Public Law 105-277; 8 U.S.C. 1231 note), and any 
 regulations issued pursuant to such 

section 2242.''.
            (c) Conforming Amendment.--

Section 237

    (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) Annual Report on Participants in Hamas Terrorism Against Israel 
Seeking Admission to the United States.--Not later than one year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit a report to Congress that 
identifies the number of aliens who--

    (1) have been found to be inadmissible under 

section 212

    (a)

    (3)
        (H) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as added 
 by subsection

    (a)

    (2) ; and

    (2) are described in such 

section 212

    (a)

    (3)
        (H) and have 
 been found to be removable pursuant to 

section 237

    (a)

    (4)
        (B) of 
 the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended by subsection
            (c) .
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