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Union Calendar No. 333 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2214 
[Report No. 116–413, Part I] 
To transfer and limit Executive Branch authority to suspend or restrict 
the entry of a class of aliens. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 10, 2019 
Ms. JUDY CHU of California (for herself, Mr. PALLONE, Ms. ESHOO, Ms. 
CLARKE of New York, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. STEVENS, Mrs. WATSON 
COLEMAN, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Miss RICE of New York, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, 
Mr. KILDEE, Mr. DESAULNIER, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. POCAN, Mr. EVANS, 
Mrs. LAWRENCE, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, Mr. DAVID 
SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, Mr. NAD-
LER, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. BEYER, Ms. OMAR, Mr. 
KHANNA, Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. NORTON, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, 
Mr. ROSE of New York, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. GOMEZ, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. 
RUSH, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Ms. SHALALA, Mr. 
CORREA, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. MALINOWSKI, 
Ms. SPANBERGER, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. COHEN, Mr. JOHNSON of Geor-
gia, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Ms. MENG, Mr. TONKO, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. 
KENNEDY, Mr. MOULTON, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. CONNOLLY, 
Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. LEWIS, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mr. SIRES, Ms. 
SLOTKIN, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Ms. MCCOLLUM, and Mr. DOGGETT) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Home-
land Security, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee con-
cerned 
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Additional sponsors: Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. 
LUJA´N, Ms. MOORE, Mrs. FLETCHER, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of 
New York, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. 
PETERS, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. GONZALEZ of Texas, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. SOTO, 
Mr. JEFFRIES, Mr. ROUDA, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. 
LARSEN of Washington, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Ms. HAALAND, 
Ms. DEAN, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. COOPER, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. CASTOR of 
Florida, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mr. PAYNE, 
Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. 
HUFFMAN, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Ms. HILL of 
California, Ms. SCANLON, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. HARDER of California, 
Mr. COURTNEY, Ms. WEXTON, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Mr. YAR-
MUTH, Mrs. LEE of Nevada, Mr. DELGADO, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. KIND, Mr. 
LOWENTHAL, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. MORELLE, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. WASSERMAN 
SCHULTZ, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. VELA, Ms. PORTER, Ms. 
SA´NCHEZ, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. RASKIN, 
Mr. SARBANES, Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas, Ms. WILD, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. 
SWALWELL of California, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. PANETTA, Ms. MUCARSEL- 
POWELL, Mr. STANTON, Mr. BERA, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, 
Mr. TRONE, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. 
PRICE
of North Carolina, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. 
HOULAHAN, Ms. SCHRIER, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. WELCH, Mr. CRIST, Mr. 
DEFAZIO, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mrs. MCBATH, Mr. CISNEROS, Ms. 
UNDERWOOD, Ms. ESCOBAR, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. 
MATSUI, Mr. RYAN, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. DEUTCH, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, 
Ms. WATERS, Mr. AGUILAR, Mr. KEATING, Mr. ALLRED, Mr. CARBAJAL, 
Mr. HORSFORD, Ms. TITUS, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Ms. FRANKEL, Ms. 
SHERRILL, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. MCNERNEY, Ms. 
GABBARD, Mrs. DEMINGS, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. CROW, Mr. KILMER, Mr. 
DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. LEVIN of California, Mr. 
RICHMOND, Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. COX of California, Ms. BASS, 
Mr. HIMES, Mr. CASTEN of Illinois, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Mr. LAR-
SON of Connecticut, Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, Mr. GOLDEN, Mrs. 
LOWEY, Mrs. LURIA, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. NEAL, Mr. LAWSON of Flor-
ida, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. KIM, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. 
MCEACHIN, Mr. CLAY, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
NORCROSS, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. PHILLIPS, Ms. 
CRAIG, Mrs. TORRES of California, Ms. FUDGE, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. 
BISHOP of Georgia, Mrs. MURPHY of Florida, Mr. HECK, Mr. LANGEVIN, 
Mr. VEASEY, Ms. PLASKETT, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. SCHRADER, 
Mr. COSTA, and Mr. LIPINSKI 
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Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary with an amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
MARCH 5, 2020 
Committees on Foreign Affairs, Homeland Security, and Intelligence (Perma-
nent Select) discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 10, 2019] 
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A BILL 
To transfer and limit Executive Branch authority to suspend 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLES. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Origin-Based 
Antidiscrimination for Nonimmigrants Act’’ or the ‘‘NO 
BAN Act’’. 
SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF NONDISCRIMINATION PROVISION. 
Section 202(a)(1)(A) of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1152(a)(1)(A)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘or a nonimmigrant visa, ad-
mission or other entry into the United States, or the 
approval or revocation of any immigration benefit’’ 
after ‘‘immigrant visa’’; 
(2) by inserting ‘‘religion,’’ after ‘‘sex,’’; and 
(3) by inserting ‘‘, except if expressly required by 
statute, or if a statutorily authorized benefit takes 
into consideration such factors’’ before the period at 
the end. 
SEC. 3. TRANSFER AND LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORITY TO 
SUSPEND OR RESTRICT THE ENTRY OF A 
CLASS OF ALIENS. 
Section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1182(f)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(f) AUTHORITY
TO SUSPEND
OR RESTRICT
THE 
ENTRY OF A CLASS OF ALIENS.— 
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