I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8952 
To give the Secretary of Homeland Security the authority to contain 
migration surges, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022 
Mrs. CAMMACK (for herself, Mr. DONALDS, Ms. VAN DUYNE, Mr. BABIN, Ms. 
MALLIOTAKIS, Mr. CRENSHAW, Ms. HERRELL, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. 
HIGGINS of Louisiana, Mr. BANKS, Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr. NORMAN, and 
Mr. BUCK) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To give the Secretary of Homeland Security the authority 
to contain migration surges, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Justified Action for 
Securing Our Nation Act’’ or the ‘‘JASON Act’’. 
SEC. 2. MIGRATION SURGES. 
Section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)) is amended— 
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(1) in the subsection heading, by inserting ‘‘OR 
THE
SECRETARY
OF
HOMELAND
SECURITY’’ 
after ‘‘BY THE PRESIDENT’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘Whenever’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) 
PRESIDENTIAL SUSPENSION.—Whenever’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘Attorney General’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Secretary of Homeland Security’’ each place it 
appears; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) SECRETARY SUSPENSION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, in the case that the Secretary of 
Homeland Security finds that the entry of any alien 
or any class of aliens would be detrimental to the in-
terests of the United States, the Secretary may, 
after submitting a notice in accordance with para-
graph (2), suspend the entry of all aliens or any 
class of aliens as immigrants or nonimmigrants for 
not more than 60 days. 
‘‘(2) NOTIFICATION.—Not less than 5 days be-
fore the suspension under paragraph (1) takes ef-
fect, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall, by 
classified communication, submit written notice of 
the intent to suspend entry under this subsection 
and the factual basis for such suspension to— 
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‘‘(A) the Speaker and Minority Leader of 
the House of Representatives, the President pro 
tempore, Majority Leader, and Minority Leader 
of the Senate; 
‘‘(B) the Committees on the Judiciary of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate; 
and 
‘‘(C) the Committee on Homeland Security 
of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate. 
‘‘(3) PRESUMPTION
ESTABLISHED.—For pur-
poses of this subsection, the entry of any alien into 
the United States shall be presumed to be detri-
mental to the interests of the United States— 
‘‘(A) during— 
‘‘(i) a month following any month in 
which the total recorded number of appre-
hensions of aliens by the Department of 
Homeland Security at the land borders of 
the United States exceeds by twenty-five 
percent or more the total recorded number 
of apprehensions in the previous month; or 
‘‘(ii) a week following any week where 
the total recorded number of apprehen-
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