I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5854 
To amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit payments of compromise 
settlements arising out of certain violations of the immigration laws, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 4, 2021 
Mr. MCCLINTOCK (for himself, Mr. JORDAN, Mr. MCCARTHY, Mr. SCALISE, 
Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. MAST, Mr. ROUZER, Mrs. CAMMACK, Mr. BILIRAKIS, 
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. SMITH of Missouri, Mr. CAWTHORN, Mr. 
JOYCE of Pennsylvania, Mr. BERGMAN, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. TIFFANY, Mr. 
JOHNSON of Louisiana, Ms. HERRELL, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. 
PERRY, Mr. BOST, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. LATTA, Mr. LAMALFA, 
Mr. ROSENDALE, Mr. ISSA, Mr. CHABOT, Mrs. SPARTZ, Mr. GROTHMAN, 
Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. MOORE of Alabama, Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana, 
Mr. DUNN, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mrs. BICE of Oklahoma, Mr. CARTER of 
Texas, 
Mr. 
MURPHY
of 
North 
Carolina, 
Mr. 
BURGESS, 
Mr. 
RESCHENTHALER, Mr. OBERNOLTE, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mrs. BOEBERT, 
Mrs. HARSHBARGER, Mrs. RODGERS of Washington, Mrs. WAGNER, Mr. 
NEHLS, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, Mr. RICE of South Caro-
lina, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. MCCAUL, Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. 
BARR, Ms. LETLOW, Mr. SESSIONS, Mrs. WALORSKI, Mr. CLOUD, Mr. 
LAMBORN, Mr. GIBBS, Mrs. HINSON, Mr. GARBARINO, Mr. LUCAS, Mr. 
UPTON, Mr. PALAZZO, Mr. MASSIE, Mr. MEUSER, Mr. BISHOP of North 
Carolina, Mr. PFLUGER, Mr. EMMER, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. SMUCKER, Mr. 
JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. COLE, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. BABIN, Mr. FITZ-
GERALD, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. WILLIAMS of Texas, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. 
GOOD of Virginia, Mr. BURCHETT, Mr. ZELDIN, Mr. BRADY, Mr. ROY, 
Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. WALBERG, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. HAGEDORN, Mrs. 
HARTZLER, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. GOODEN of Texas, Ms. 
MALLIOTAKIS, Mr. JACKSON, Mr. ARMSTRONG, Mr. BROOKS, Mr. 
FLEISCHMANN, Mr. AMODEI, Mr. PENCE, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, 
Mr. KUSTOFF, Mr. WESTERMAN, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. GAR-
CIA of California, Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, Mr. REED, Mr. GUEST, Mr. BUDD, 
Mr. BALDERSON, Mr. WOMACK, Mrs. LESKO, Mr. OWENS, Mr. MANN, 
Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. 
WILSON of South Carolina, Mrs. STEEL, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, 
Mr. GRAVES of Missouri, Mr. HERN, Mr. GALLAGHER, Mr. POSEY, Mr. 
MOONEY, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. LATURNER, Mr. VALADAO, Ms. FOXX, Mr. 
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WENSTRUP, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. TIMMONS, Mr. NUNES, Mr. RUTHER-
FORD, Mr. YOUNG, Ms. VAN DUYNE, Ms. GRANGER, Ms. HERRERA 
BEUTLER, Mr. CARTER of Georgia, Mr. KATKO, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mr. 
TAYLOR, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Mr. DAVIDSON, Mr. ARRINGTON, Mr. 
MEIJER, Mr. COMER, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Mrs. FISCHBACH, Mr. HILL, 
Mr. FALLON, Mr. FERGUSON, Mr. JACOBS of New York, Mr. HUIZENGA, 
Mr. WALTZ, Mr. LOUDERMILK, Mr. MOORE of Utah, and Mr. STEWART) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit payments 
of compromise settlements arising out of certain viola-
tions of the immigration laws, 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 ‘‘Illegal Immigrant Pay-
off Prohibition Act’’. 
SEC. 2. NO PAYMENT OF COMPROMISE SETTLEMENTS ARIS-
ING OUT OF CERTAIN VIOLATIONS OF THE 
IMMIGRATION LAWS. 
Section 2414 of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘No payment of a compromise settlement may be 
made in relation to a civil action brought by an alien who 
is inadmissible under section 212(a)(6)(A) or (7)(A)(i)(I) 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1182(a)(6)(A) or (7)(A)(i)(I)), or who entered the United 
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States in violation of section 275(a) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1325(a)), in connection 
with conduct described in any such section, unless ex-
pressly authorized by law.’’. 
Æ 
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