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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7232 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7232

 To direct the Secretary of State to revoke the visas of students who 
    have engaged in antisemitic activities, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 5, 2024

 Ms. Malliotakis introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                     the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL

 
 To direct the Secretary of State to revoke the visas of students who 
    have engaged in antisemitic activities, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``No Visas for Anti-Semitic Students 
Act''.

SEC. 2. REVOCATION OF VISAS OF STUDENTS WHO HAVE ENGAGED IN ANTISEMITIC 
              ACTIVITIES.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of State shall revoke the visa of 
any alien who, on the date of enactment of this Act--
            (1) is in possession of a valid unexpired visa under 
        section 101(a)(15)(F) or (M) of the Immigration and Nationality 
        Act (8 U.S.C. 1101)(a)(15)); and
            (2) is or has been a member of an antisemitic organization, 
        or has made public antisemitic statements.
    (b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``antisemitism''--
            (1) means a certain perception of Jews, which may be 
        expressed as hatred toward Jews; and
            (2) includes rhetorical and physical manifestations of 
        antisemitism directed toward--
                    (A) Jewish or non-Jewish individuals or their 
                property;
                    (B) Jewish community institutions; and
                    (C) religious facilities.

SEC. 3. TERMS OF NONIMMIGRANT STATUS FOR STUDENTS.

    Section 214 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(s)(1) An alien may not be accorded status as a nonimmigrant 
under section 101(a)(15)(F) or (M) if the alien is or has been a member 
of an antisemitic organization, or has made public antisemitic 
statements.
    ``(2) An alien who obtains the status of a nonimmigrant under 
section 101(a)(15)(F) or (M) and engages in any activity described in 
paragraph (1) shall be considered to have violated such status, and the 
alien's visa under such section 1101(a)(15)(F) or (M) shall be void.
    ``(3) In this subsection, the term `antisemitism'--
            ``(A) means a certain perception of Jews, which may be 
        expressed as hatred toward Jews; and
            ``(B) includes rhetorical and physical manifestations of 
        antisemitism directed toward--
                    ``(i) Jewish or non-Jewish individuals or their 
                property;
                    ``(ii) Jewish community institutions; and
                    ``(iii) religious facilities.''.
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