NO BAN Act

IB Union Calendar No. 333 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 2214 [Report No. 116–413, Part I] To transfer and limit Executive Branch authority to suspend or restrict the entry of a class of aliens. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES APRIL 10, 2019 Ms. JUDY CHU of California (for herself, Mr. PALLONE, Ms. ESHOO, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. STEVENS, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Miss RICE of New York, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. DESAULNIER, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. POCAN, Mr. EVANS, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, Mr. NAD- LER, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. BEYER, Ms. OMAR, Mr. KHANNA, Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. NORTON, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. ROSE of New York, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. GOMEZ, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. RUSH, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Ms. SHALALA, Mr. CORREA, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. MALINOWSKI, Ms. SPANBERGER, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. COHEN, Mr. JOHNSON of Geor- gia, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Ms. MENG, Mr. TONKO, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. MOULTON, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. CONNOLLY, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. LEWIS, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mr. SIRES, Ms. SLOTKIN, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Ms. MCCOLLUM, and Mr. DOGGETT) in- troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Home- land Security, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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 con- cerned VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:59 Mar 05, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H2214.RH H2214 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 2214 RH MARCH 5, 2020 Additional sponsors: Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. LUJA´N, Ms. MOORE, Mrs. FLETCHER, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. PETERS, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. GONZALEZ of Texas, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. SOTO, Mr. JEFFRIES, Mr. ROUDA, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Ms. HAALAND, Ms. DEAN, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. COOPER, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Ms. HILL of California, Ms. SCANLON, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. HARDER of California, Mr. COURTNEY, Ms. WEXTON, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Mr. YAR- MUTH, Mrs. LEE of Nevada, Mr. DELGADO, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. KIND, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. MORELLE, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. VELA, Ms. PORTER, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas, Ms. WILD, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. PANETTA, Ms. MUCARSEL- POWELL, Mr. STANTON, Mr. BERA, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. TRONE, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. HOULAHAN, Ms. SCHRIER, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. WELCH, Mr. CRIST, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mrs. MCBATH, Mr. CISNEROS, Ms. UNDERWOOD, Ms. ESCOBAR, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. RYAN, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. DEUTCH, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Ms. WATERS, Mr. AGUILAR, Mr. KEATING, Mr. ALLRED, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. HORSFORD, Ms. TITUS, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Ms. FRANKEL, Ms. SHERRILL, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. MCNERNEY, Ms. GABBARD, Mrs. DEMINGS, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. CROW, Mr. KILMER, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. LEVIN of California, Mr. RICHMOND, Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. COX of California, Ms. BASS, Mr. HIMES, Mr. CASTEN of Illinois, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Mr. LAR- SON of Connecticut, Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, Mr. GOLDEN, Mrs. LOWEY, Mrs. LURIA, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. NEAL, Mr. LAWSON of Flor- ida, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. KIM, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. MCEACHIN, Mr. CLAY, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. PHILLIPS, Ms. CRAIG, Mrs. TORRES of California, Ms. FUDGE, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mrs. MURPHY of Florida, Mr. HECK, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. VEASEY, Ms. PLASKETT, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. SCHRADER, Mr. COSTA, and Mr. LIPINSKI VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:59 Mar 05, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H2214.RH H2214 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 2214 RH MARCH 5, 2020 Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary with an amendment [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] MARCH 5, 2020 Committees on Foreign Affairs, Homeland Security, and Intelligence (Perma- nent Select) discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 10, 2019] VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:59 Mar 05, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H2214.RH H2214 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 2214 RH A BILL To transfer and limit Executive Branch authority to suspend or restrict the entry of a class of aliens. VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:59 Mar 05, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H2214.RH H2214 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 2214 RH Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLES. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Origin-Based 4 Antidiscrimination for Nonimmigrants Act’’ or the ‘‘NO 5 BAN Act’’. 6 SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF NONDISCRIMINATION PROVISION. 7 Section 202(a)(1)(A) of the Immigration and Nation- 8 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1152(a)(1)(A)) is amended— 9 (1) by inserting ‘‘or a nonimmigrant visa, ad- 10 mission or other entry into the United States, or the 11 approval or revocation of any immigration benefit’’ 12 after ‘‘immigrant visa’’; 13 (2) by inserting ‘‘religion,’’ after ‘‘sex,’’; and 14 (3) by inserting ‘‘, except if expressly required by 15 statute, or if a statutorily authorized benefit takes 16 into consideration such factors’’ before the period at 17 the end. 18 SEC. 3. TRANSFER AND LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORITY TO 19 SUSPEND OR RESTRICT THE ENTRY OF A 20 CLASS OF ALIENS. 21 Section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 22 (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)) is amended to read as follows: 23 ‘‘(f) AUTHORITY TO SUSPEND OR RESTRICT THE 24 ENTRY OF A CLASS OF ALIENS.— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:59 Mar 05, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H2214.RH H2214 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 6 •HR 2214 RH ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), if 1 the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Sec- 2 retary of Homeland Security, determines, based on 3 specific and credible facts, that the entry of any 4 aliens or any class of aliens into the United States 5 would undermine the security or public safety of the 6 United States or the preservation of human rights, 7 democratic processes or institutions, or international 8 stability, the President may temporarily— 9 ‘‘(A) suspend the entry of such aliens or 10 class of aliens as immigrants or nonimmigrants; 11 or 12 ‘‘(B) impose any restrictions on the entry of 13 such aliens that the President deems appro- 14 priate. 15 ‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS.—In carrying out paragraph 16 (1), the President, the Secretary of State, and the Sec- 17 retary of Homeland Security shall— 18 ‘‘(A) only issue a suspension or restriction 19 when required to address specific acts impli- 20 cating a compelling government interest in a 21 factor identified in paragraph (1); 22 ‘‘(B) narrowly tailor the suspension or re- 23 striction, using the least restrictive means, to 24 achieve such compelling government interest; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:59 Mar 05, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H2214.RH H2214 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 7 •HR 2214 RH ‘‘(C) specify the duration of the suspension 1 or restriction; and 2 ‘‘(D) consider waivers to any class-based re- 3 striction or suspension and apply a rebuttable 4 presumption in favor of granting family-based 5 and humanitarian waivers. 6 ‘‘(3) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.— 7 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Prior to the President 8 exercising the authority under paragraph (1), 9 the Secretary of State and the Secretary of 10 Homeland Security shall consult Congress and 11 provide Congress with specific evidence sup- 12 porting the need for the suspension or restriction 13 and its proposed duration. 14 ‘‘(B) BRIEFING AND REPORT.—Not later 15 than 48 hours after the President exercises the 16 authority under paragraph (1), the Secretary of 17 State and the Secretary of Homeland Security 18 shall provide a briefing and submit a written re- 19 port to Congress that describes— 20 ‘‘(i) the action taken pursuant to para- 21 graph (1) and the specified objective of such 22 action; 23 ‘‘(ii) the estimated number of individ- 24 uals who will be impacted by such action; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:59 Mar 05, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H2214.RH H2214 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 8 •HR 2214 RH ‘‘(iii) the constitutional and legislative 1 authority under which such action took 2 place; and 3 ‘‘(iv) the circumstances necessitating 4 such action, including how such action com- 5 plies with paragraph (2), as well as any in- 6 telligence informing such actions. 7 ‘‘(C) TERMINATION.—If the briefing and re- 8 port described in subparagraph (B) are not pro- 9 vided to Congress during the 48 hours that begin 10 when the President exercises the authority under 11 paragraph (1), the suspension or restriction shall 12 immediately terminate absent intervening con- 13 gressional action. 14 ‘‘(D) CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—The 15 term ‘Congress’, as used in this paragraph, refers 16 to the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 17 Senate, the Committee on Foreign Relations of 18 the Senate, the Committee on the Judiciary of 19 the Senate, the Committee on Homeland Secu- 20 rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the 21 Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of 22 the House of Representatives, the Committee on 23 Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, 24 the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:59 Mar 05, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H2214.RH H2214 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 9 •HR 2214 RH Representatives, and the Committee on Home- 1 land Security of the House of Representatives. 2 ‘‘(4) PUBLICATION.—The Secretary of State and 3 the Secretary of Homeland Security shall publicly an- 4 nounce and publish an unclassified version of the re- 5 port described in paragraph (3)(B) in the Federal 6 Register. 7 ‘‘(5) JUDICIAL REVIEW.— 8 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 9 other provision of law, an individual or entity 10 who is present in the United States and has been 11 harmed by a violation of this subsection may file 12 an action in an appropriate district court of the 13 United States to seek declaratory or injunctive 14 relief. 15 ‘‘(B) CLASS ACTION.—Nothing in this Act 16 may be construed to preclude an action filed 17 pursuant to subparagraph (A) from proceeding 18 as a class action. 19 ‘‘(6) TREATMENT OF COMMERCIAL AIRLINES.— 20 Whenever the Secretary of Homeland Security finds 21 that a commercial airline has failed to comply with 22 regulations of the Secretary of Homeland Security re- 23 lating to requirements of airlines for the detection of 24 fraudulent documents used by passengers traveling to 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:59 Mar 05, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H2214.RH H2214 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 10 •HR 2214 RH the United States (including the training of personnel 1 in such detection), the Secretary of Homeland Secu- 2 rity may suspend the entry of some or all aliens 3 transported to the United States by such airline. 4 ‘‘(7) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 5 section may be construed as authorizing the Presi- 6 dent, the Secretary of State, or the Secretary of 7 Homeland Security to act in a manner inconsistent 8 with the policy decisions expressed in the immigra- 9 tion laws.’’. 10 SEC. 4. TERMINATION OF CERTAIN EXECUTIVE ACTIONS. 11 (a) TERMINATION.—Presidential Proclamations 9645, 12 9822, and 9983 and Executive Orders 13769, 13780, and 13 13815 shall be void beginning on the date of the enactment 14 of this Act. 15 (b) EFFECT.—All actions taken pursuant to any proc- 16 lamation or executive order terminated under subsection (a) 17 shall cease on the date of the enactment of this Act. 18 SEC. 5. VISA APPLICANTS REPORT. 19 (a) INITIAL REPORTS.— 20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 21 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 22 State, in coordination with the Secretary of Home- 23 land Security and the heads of other relevant Federal 24 agencies, shall submit a report to the congressional 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:59 Mar 05, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H2214.RH H2214 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 11 •HR 2214 RH committees referred to in section 212(f)(3)(D) of the 1 Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended by sec- 2 tion 3 of this Act, that describes the implementation 3 of each of the presidential proclamations and execu- 4 tive orders referred to in section 4. 5 (2) PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION 9645 AND 6 9983.—In addition to the content described in para- 7 graph (1), the report submitted with respect to Presi- 8 dential Proclamation 9645, issued on September 24, 9 2017, and Presidential Proclamation 9983, issued on 10 January 31, 2020, shall include, for each country list- 11 ed in such proclamation— 12 (A) the total number of individuals who ap- 13 plied for a visa during the time period the proc- 14 lamation was in effect, disaggregated by country 15 and visa category; 16 (B) the total number of visa applicants de- 17 scribed in subparagraph (A) who were approved, 18 disaggregated by country and visa category; 19 (C) the total number of visa applicants de- 20 scribed in subparagraph (A) who were refused, 21 disaggregated by country and visa category, and 22 the reasons they were refused; 23 (D) the total number of visa applicants de- 24 scribed in subparagraph (A) whose applications 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:59 Mar 05, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H2214.RH H2214 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 12 •HR 2214 RH remain pending, disaggregated by country and 1 visa category; 2 (E) the total number of visa applicants [Text truncated for display. 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