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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1156 

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to a country 

that denies or unreasonably delays accepting the country’s nationals 

upon the request of the Secretary of Homeland Security. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 17, 2011 

Mr. DENT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect 

to a country that denies or unreasonably delays accepting 

the country’s nationals upon the request of the Secretary 

of Homeland Security. 

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 ‘‘Accountability in Im5 migrant Repatriation Act of 2011’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ALIEN REPATRIATION. 

7 Section 243(d) of the Immigration and Nationality 

8 Act (8 U.S.C. 1253(d)) is amended to read as follows: 


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1 ‘‘(d) ENSURING RETURN OF REMOVED ALIENS.— 

2 ‘‘(1) DISCONTINUING GRANTING VISAS TO NA3 TIONALS OF COUNTRIES DENYING OR DELAYING AC4 CEPTING ALIEN.—On being notified by the Secretary 

5 of Homeland Security that the government of a for6 eign country denies or unreasonably delays accepting 

7 an alien who is a citizen, subject, national, or resi8 dent of that country after the Secretary of Home9 land Security asks whether the government will ac10 cept the alien under this section, the Secretary of 

11 State shall order consular officers in that foreign 

12 country to discontinue granting immigrant visas or 

13 nonimmigrant visas, or both, to citizens, subjects, 

14 nationals, and residents of that country until the 

15 Secretary of Homeland Security notifies the Sec16 retary of State that the country has accepted the 

17 alien. 

18 ‘‘(2) DENYING ADMISSION TO FOREIGN GOV19 ERNMENT OFFICIALS OF COUNTRIES DENYING

20 ALIEN RETURN.—If the Secretary of Homeland Se21 curity determines that the government of a foreign 

22 country denies or unreasonably delays accepting an 

23 alien who is a citizen, subject, national, or resident 

24 of that country after the alien has been ordered re25 moved, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in conVerDate Mar 15 2010 06:35 Mar 18, 2011 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1156.IH H1156

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1 sultation with the Secretary of State, may deny ad2 mission to any citizen, subject, national, or resident 

3 of that country who is seeking or has received a non4 immigrant visa pursuant to subparagraphs (A) and 

5 (G) of section 101(a)(15). 

6 ‘‘(3) QUARTERLY REPORTS.—Not later than 90 

7 days after the date of the enactment of the Account8 ability in Immigrant Repatriation Act of 2011, and 

9 every 3 months thereafter, the Secretary of Home10 land Security shall submit to the Congress a report 

11 that— 

12 ‘‘(A) lists all the countries which refuse or 

13 unreasonably delay repatriation; and 

14 ‘‘(B) includes the total number of aliens 

15 who were refused repatriation, disaggregated 

16 by— 

17 ‘‘(i) country; 

18 ‘‘(ii) detention status; and 

19 ‘‘(iii) criminal status.’’. 

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