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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2392 

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow the Secretary of 

State to make available to the public certain records pertaining to the 

refusal of a visa or permit based on an alien’s involvement in corruption, 

transnational repression, or human rights abuse, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 20, 2021 

Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Mr. RUBIO) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow 

the Secretary of State to make available to the public 

certain records pertaining to the refusal of a visa or 

permit based on an alien’s involvement in corruption, 

transnational repression, or human rights abuse, and 

for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Revealing and Explain5 ing Visa Exclusions for Accountability and Legitimacy 

6 Act’’ or the ‘‘REVEAL Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. LIMITING CONFIDENTIALITY OF RECORDS. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 222(f) of the Immigration 

3 and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1202(f)) is amended— 

4 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking the period at 

5 the end and inserting a semicolon; 

6 (2) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking the period 

7 at the end and inserting the following: ‘‘; and’’; and 

8 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(3) the Secretary of State may make available 

10 to the public the identity of an individual alien de11 termined to be inadmissible the United States pursu12 ant to subparagraph (C) of section 212(a)(3), and 

13 the justification for the determination to refuse a 

14 visa or permit.’’. 

15 (b) APPLICATION.—This Act and the amendments 

16 made by this Act shall apply with respect to any deter17 mination under section 212(a)(3)(C) of the Immigration 

18 and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(C)) made be19 fore, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act. 

20 (c) CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION IN

21 REVEALING BANS.—In determining whether to waive con22 fidentiality under section 222(f)(3) of the Immigration 

23 and Nationality Act, as added by subsection (a), the Sec24 retary of State shall consider— 


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1 (1) information provided by the chairperson and 

2 ranking member of any of the appropriate congres3 sional committees; and 

4 (2) credible information obtained by other coun5 tries and nongovernmental organizations that mon6 itor corruption, transnational repression, and human 

7 rights abuse. 

8 SEC. 3. REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the 

10 date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 

11 the President shall submit to the appropriate congres12 sional committees a report that includes, for the previous 

13 year, a list of each individual that the Secretary of State 

14 determined was ineligible for an immigrant or non15 immigrant visa pursuant to subparagraph (C) of section 

16 212(a)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

17 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)), and the justification for the deter18 mination of ineligibility. 

19 (b) FORM OF REPORT.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each report required by 

21 subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified 

22 form, but may include a classified annex. 

23 (2) EXCEPTION.—The name of an alien to be 

24 included in the list required by subsection (a)(1) 


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1 may be submitted in the classified annex authorized 

2 by paragraph (1) only if the President— 

3 (A) determines that it is vital for the na4 tional security interests of the United States to 

5 do so; 

6 (B) uses the annex in a manner consistent 

7 with congressional intent and the purposes of 

8 this Act; and 

9 (C) not later than 15 days before submit10 ting the name in a classified annex, provides to 

11 the appropriate congressional committees notice 

12 of, and a justification for, including the name 

13 in the classified annex. 

14 (c) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—The unclassified portion of 

16 the report required by subsection (a) shall be made 

17 available to the public, including through publication 

18 in the Federal Register. 

19 (2) NONAPPLICABILITY OF CONFIDENTIALITY

20 REQUIREMENT WITH RESPECT TO VISA RECORDS.— 

21 The President shall publish the list required by sub22 section (a)(1) without regard to the requirements of 

23 section 222(f) of the Immigration and Nationality 

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1 tiality of records pertaining to the issuance or re2 fusal of visas or permits to enter the United States. 

3 (d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES

4 DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con5 gressional committees’’ means— 

6 (1) the Committee on the Judiciary and the 

7 Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and 

8 (2) the Committee on the Judiciary and the 

9 Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep10 resentatives. 

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