No Place for Propaganda Act of 2020

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 6520 To provide additional criteria to deny admission to the United States for certain persons affiliated with the United Nations, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES APRIL 17, 2020 Mr. CRENSHAW (for himself, Mr. ROY, and Mr. YOHO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To provide additional criteria to deny admission to the United States for certain persons affiliated with the United Nations, and for other purposes. 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 TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Place for Propa- 4 ganda Act of 2020’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:27 Apr 22, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6520.IH H6520 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 6520 IH SEC. 2. VISA LIMITATION FOR CERTAIN REPRESENTATIVES 1 TO THE UNITED NATIONS AND PARTICIPANTS 2 IN UNITED NATIONS ACTIVITIES. 3 Section 407(a) of the Foreign Relations Authoriza- 4 tion Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (8 U.S.C. 1102 5 note) is amended— 6 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 7 inserting ‘‘or participant in activities of’’ after ‘‘rep- 8 resentative to’’; 9 (2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘(1) has been 10 found’’ and inserting ‘‘(1)(A) has been found’’; 11 (3) by striking the period at the end of para- 12 graph (2) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; 13 (4) by redesignating paragraph (2), as so 14 amended, as subparagraph (B) and moving such 15 subparagraph, as so redesignated, 2 ems to the 16 right; and 17 (5) by adding at the end the following: 18 ‘‘(2) based on credible evidence, has, in the ca- 19 pacity of such person as an official, agent, or instru- 20 mentality of the government of a country, delib- 21 erately concealed or distorted information on a seri- 22 ous, unusual, or unexpected public health risk to 23 other countries that— 24 ‘‘(A) relates to the international spread of 25 disease; or 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:27 Apr 22, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6520.IH H6520 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 6520 IH ‘‘(B) carries implications for public health 1 in a manner that potentially requires a coordi- 2 nated international response or immediate 3 international action.’’. 4 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:27 Apr 22, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H6520.IH H6520 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS