‘‘(C) specify the duration of the suspension 
or restriction; and 
‘‘(D) consider waivers to any class-based re-
striction or suspension and apply a rebuttable 
presumption in favor of granting family-based 
and humanitarian waivers. 
‘‘(3) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Prior to the President 
exercising the authority under paragraph (1), 
the Secretary of State and the Secretary of 
Homeland Security shall consult Congress and 
provide Congress with specific evidence sup-
porting the need for the suspension or restriction 
and its proposed duration. 
‘‘(B) BRIEFING
AND
REPORT.—Not later 
than 48 hours after the President exercises the 
authority under paragraph (1), the Secretary of 
State and the Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall provide a briefing and submit a written re-
port to Congress that describes— 
‘‘(i) the action taken pursuant to para-
graph (1) and the specified objective of such 
action; 
‘‘(ii) the estimated number of individ-
uals who will be impacted by such action; 
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‘‘(iii) the constitutional and legislative 
authority under which such action took 
place; and 
‘‘(iv) the circumstances necessitating 
such action, including how such action com-
plies with paragraph (2), as well as any in-
telligence informing such actions. 
‘‘(C) TERMINATION.—If the briefing and re-
port described in subparagraph (B) are not pro-
vided to Congress during the 48 hours that begin 
when the President exercises the authority under 
paragraph (1), the suspension or restriction shall 
immediately terminate absent intervening con-
gressional action. 
‘‘(D) CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES.—The 
term ‘Congress’, as used in this paragraph, refers 
to the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
Senate, the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate, the Committee on the Judiciary of 
the Senate, the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the 
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of 
the House of Representatives, the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, 
the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
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Representatives, and the Committee on Home-
land Security of the House of Representatives. 
‘‘(4) PUBLICATION.—The Secretary of State and 
the Secretary of Homeland Security shall publicly an-
nounce and publish an unclassified version of the re-
port described in paragraph (3)(B) in the Federal 
Register. 
‘‘(5) JUDICIAL REVIEW.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, an individual or entity 
who is present in the United States and has been 
harmed by a violation of this subsection may file 
an action in an appropriate district court of the 
United States to seek declaratory or injunctive 
relief. 
‘‘(B) CLASS ACTION.—Nothing in this Act 
may be construed to preclude an action filed 
pursuant to subparagraph (A) from proceeding 
as a class action. 
‘‘(6) TREATMENT OF COMMERCIAL AIRLINES.— 
Whenever the Secretary of Homeland Security finds 
that a commercial airline has failed to comply with 
regulations of the Secretary of Homeland Security re-
lating to requirements of airlines for the detection of 
fraudulent documents used by passengers traveling to 
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the United States (including the training of personnel 
in such detection), the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity may suspend the entry of some or all aliens 
transported to the United States by such airline. 
‘‘(7) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 
section may be construed as authorizing the Presi-
dent, the Secretary of State, or the Secretary of 
Homeland Security to act in a manner inconsistent 
with the policy decisions expressed in the immigra-
tion laws.’’. 
SEC. 4. TERMINATION OF CERTAIN EXECUTIVE ACTIONS. 
(a) TERMINATION.—Presidential Proclamations 9645, 
9822, and 9983 and Executive Orders 13769, 13780, and 
13815 shall be void beginning on the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(b) EFFECT.—All actions taken pursuant to any proc-
lamation or executive order terminated under subsection (a) 
shall cease on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 5. VISA APPLICANTS REPORT. 
(a) INITIAL REPORTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
State, in coordination with the Secretary of Home-
land Security and the heads of other relevant Federal 
agencies, shall submit a report to the congressional 
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committees referred to in section 212(f)(3)(D) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended by sec-
tion 3 of this Act, that describes the implementation 
of each of the presidential proclamations and execu-
tive orders referred to in section 4. 
(2) PRESIDENTIAL
PROCLAMATION
9645
AND 
9983.—In addition to the content described in para-
graph (1), the report submitted with respect to Presi-
dential Proclamation 9645, issued on September 24, 
2017, and Presidential Proclamation 9983, issued on 
January 31, 2020, shall include, for each country list-
ed in such proclamation— 
(A) the total number of individuals who ap-
plied for a visa during the time period the proc-
lamation was in effect, disaggregated by country 
and visa category; 
(B) the total number of visa applicants de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) who were approved, 
disaggregated by country and visa category; 
(C) the total number of visa applicants de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) who were refused, 
disaggregated by country and visa category, and 
the reasons they were refused; 
(D) the total number of visa applicants de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) whose applications 
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remain pending, disaggregated by country and 
visa category; 
(E) the total number of visa applicants de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) who were granted a 
waiver, disaggregated by country and visa cat-
egory; 
(F) the total number of visa applicants de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) who were denied a 
waiver, disaggregated by country and visa cat-
egory, and the reasons such waiver requests were 
denied; 
(G) the total number of refugees admitted, 
disaggregated by country; and 
(H) the complete reports that have been sub-
mitted to the President every 180 days in ac-
cordance with section 4 of Presidential Procla-
mation 9645 in its original form, and as amend-
ed by Presidential Proclamation 9983. 
(b) ADDITIONAL REPORTS.—Not later than 30 days 
after the date on which the President exercises the authority 
under section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)), as amended by section 3 of this Act, 
and every 30 days thereafter, the Secretary of State, in co-
ordination with the Secretary of Homeland Security and 
heads of other relevant Federal agencies, shall submit a re-
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port to the congressional committees referred to in para-
graph (3)(D) of such section 212(f) that identifies, with re-
spect to countries affected by a suspension or restriction, 
the information described in subparagraphs (A) through 
(H) of subsection (a)(2) of this section and specific evidence 
supporting the need for the continued exercise of presi-
dential authority under such section 212(f), including the 
information described in paragraph (3)(B) of such section 
212(f). If the report described in this subsection is not pro-
vided to Congress in the time specified, the suspension or 
restriction shall immediately terminate absent intervening 
congressional action. A final report with such information 
shall be prepared and submitted to such congressional com-
mittees not later than 30 days after the suspension or re-
striction is lifted. 
(c) FORM; AVAILABILITY.—The reports required under 
subsections (a) and (b) shall be made publicly available on-
line in unclassified form. 
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Union Calendar No. 333 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2214 
[Report No. 116–413, Part I] 
A BILL 
To transfer and limit Executive Branch authority 
to suspend or restrict the entry of a class of aliens. 
MARCH 5, 2020 
Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary with an 
amendment 
MARCH 5, 2020 
Committees on Foreign Affairs, Homeland Security, and 
Intelligence (Permanent Select) discharged; committed 
to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of 
the Union and ordered to be printed 
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