(c) TRAINING
FOR
IMMIGRATION
JUDGES
CON-
DUCTING PROCEEDINGS FOR DECIDING THE INADMIS-
SIBILITY OR DEPORTABILITY OF AN ALIEN.—Section 240 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1229a) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(f) TRAINING
FOR IMMIGRATION JUDGES CON-
DUCTING PROCEEDINGS FOR DECIDING THE INADMIS-
SIBILITY OR DEPORTABILITY OF AN ALIEN.—The Attor-
ney General shall provide to immigration judges training 
related to the nature of gender-based discrimination in 
foreign countries (including country-specific conditions), 
instruction concerning internationally recognized women’s 
rights, and information regarding state sponsored and 
non-state sponsored distinctions in a foreign country be-
tween the treatment of men and women.’’. 
SEC. 604. INADMISSIBILITY OF FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OF-
FICIALS WHO HAVE ENGAGED IN PARTICU-
LARLY SEVERE VIOLATIONS OF WOMEN’S 
RIGHTS. 
(a) INELIGIBILITY FOR VISAS AND ADMISSION TO 
THE UNITED STATES.—Section 212(a)(2) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subpara-
graph: 
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‘‘(J) FOREIGN
GOVERNMENT
OFFICIALS 
WHO
HAVE
ENGAGED
IN
PARTICULARLY
SE-
VERE VIOLATIONS OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS.—Any 
alien who, while serving as a foreign govern-
ment official, was responsible for or directly 
carried out, at any time during the preceding 
24-month period, particularly severe violations 
of women’s rights, as defined in section 3 of the 
International Women’s Freedom Act of 2013, 
and the spouse, son, or daughter, if any, of 
such official, is inadmissible.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to determinations of admissi-
bility made on or after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
SEC. 605. STUDY ON THE EFFECT OF EXPEDITED REMOVAL 
PROVISIONS ON ASYLUM CLAIMS. 
(a) STUDY.— 
(1) 
COMPTROLLER
GENERAL.—The 
Comp-
troller General of the United States shall conduct a 
study alone or, upon request by the Commission 
under paragraph (2), in cooperation with experts in-
vited by the Commission, to determine whether im-
migration officers (including asylum officers (as de-
fined in section 235(b)(1)(E) of the Immigration 
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and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1225(b)(1)(E)))) per-
forming duties under section 235(b) of such Act 
with respect to aliens who may be eligible for asylum 
are engaging in any of the following conduct: 
(A) Failing to inform an alien of the right 
to seek protection in the United States if (s)he 
has any reason to fear persecution in his or her 
home country. 
(B) Encouraging aliens expressing a fear 
of gender-based persecution to withdraw their 
applications for admission. 
(C) Determining aliens are ineligible for 
asylum before referring such aliens for an inter-
view by an asylum officer for a determination of 
whether they have a credible fear of persecution 
(within the meaning of section 235(b)(1)(B)(v) 
of such Act). 
(D) Incorrectly failing to keep complete 
records of a decision to enforce expedited re-
moval and an alien’s reasons for the withdrawal 
of an asylum application. 
(E) Improperly using detention as a deter-
rent to an alien’s pursuing an asylum claim. 
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(F) Improperly detaining asylum seekers 
who establish a credible fear, identity, commu-
nity ties, and who do not pose a security risk. 
(G) Improperly detaining asylum seekers 
in jail-like facilities where staff is not given spe-
cific training on the special needs of asylum 
seekers. 
(2) COMMISSION REQUEST FOR PARTICIPATION 
BY EXPERTS ON REFUGEE AND ASYLUM ISSUES.— 
The Commission may invite experts who are recog-
nized for their expertise and knowledge of refugee 
and asylum issues to cooperate with the Comptroller 
General in carrying out paragraph (1). 
(b) REPORTS.— 
(1) COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—Not later than 
one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Comptroller General of the United States shall 
submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
House of Representatives, the Committee on the Ju-
diciary of the Senate, the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs of the House of Representatives, and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report 
containing the findings of the study conducted under 
subsection (a). If the experts referred to in such 
subsection were involved in conducting such study, 
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the Comptroller General shall allow such experts to 
include in the report a section setting forth their 
views and conclusions. 
(2) EXPERTS.—In the case of a Commission re-
quest under subsection (a)(2), the experts invited by 
the Commission under such subsection may submit 
a report to the committees described in paragraph 
(1). Such report may be submitted with the Comp-
troller General’s report under paragraph (1) or inde-
pendently. 
(c) ACCESS TO PROCEEDINGS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), to facilitate the completion of the duties 
described in this section, the Comptroller General 
and the experts, if any, referred to in subsection 
(a)(2) shall have unrestricted access to all stages of 
all inspections of aliens for admission under section 
235(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1225(b)). 
(2) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) shall not 
apply with respect to the inspection if— 
(A) the alien concerned objects to such ac-
cess; or 
(B) the Secretary of Homeland Security 
determines that the security of a particular pro-
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