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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5304 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5304

   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 recent attacks against Israel.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 13, 2024

  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 recent 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) Report Required on Participants in Hamas Terrorism Against 
Israel.--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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