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‘‘(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 restric-
tion 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 
paragraph (1) and the specified objective 
of such action; 
‘‘(ii) the estimated number of individ-
uals who will be impacted by such action; 
‘‘(iii) the constitutional and legislative 
authority under which such action took 
place; and 
‘‘(iv) the circumstances necessitating 
such action, including how such action 
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complies with paragraph (2), as well as 
any intelligence informing such actions. 
‘‘(C) TERMINATION.—If the briefing and 
report described in subparagraph (B) are not 
provided to Congress during the 48 hours that 
begin when the President exercises the author-
ity under paragraph (1), the suspension or re-
striction shall immediately terminate absent in-
tervening congressional action. 
‘‘(D) CONGRESS.—In this paragraph, the 
term ‘Congress’ 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 Security and Governmental Af-
fairs of the Senate, the Permanent Select Com-
mittee on Intelligence of the House of Rep-
resentatives, the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
of the House of Representatives, the Committee 
on the Judiciary of the House of Representa-
tives, and the Committee on Homeland Security 
of the House of Representatives. 
‘‘(4) PUBLICATION.—The Secretary of State 
and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall pub-
licly announce and publish an unclassified version of 
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the report described in paragraph (3)(B) in the Fed-
eral 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 
relating to requirements of airlines for the detection 
of fraudulent documents used by passengers trav-
eling to the United States (including the training of 
personnel in such detection), the Secretary of Home-
land Security may suspend the entry of some or all 
aliens transported to the United States by such air-
line. 
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‘‘(7) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 
this section may be construed as authorizing the 
President, the Secretary of State, or the Secretary 
of Homeland Security to act in a manner incon-
sistent with the policy decisions expressed in the im-
migration laws.’’. 
SEC. 4103. 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 
Homeland Security and the heads of other relevant 
Federal agencies, shall submit a report to the con-
gressional 
committees 
referred 
to 
in 
section 
212(f)(3)(D) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act, as amended by section 4102 of this Act, that 
describes the implementation of Presidential Procla-
mations 9645, 9822, and 9983 and Executive Order 
Nos. 13769, 13780, and 13815, during the effective 
period of each such proclamation and order. 
(2) PRESIDENTIAL
PROCLAMATION
9645
AND 
9983.—In addition to the content described in para-
graph (1), the report submitted with respect to Pres-
idential Proclamation 9645, issued on September 24, 
2017, and Presidential Proclamation 9983, issued 
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on January 31, 2020, shall include, for each country 
listed in such proclamation— 
(A) the total number of individuals who 
applied for a visa during the time period the 
proclamation was in effect, disaggregated by 
country and visa category; 
(B) the total number of visa applicants de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) who were ap-
proved, disaggregated by country and visa cat-
egory; 
(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 
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 
category; 
(F) the total number of visa applicants de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) who were denied a 
waiver, disaggregated by country and visa cat-
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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 were 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 
amended by Presidential Proclamation 9983. 
(b) ADDITIONAL REPORTS.—Not later than 30 days 
after the date on which the President exercises the author-
ity under section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)), as amended by section 4102 
of this Act, and every 30 days thereafter, the Secretary 
of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Homeland 
Security and heads of other relevant Federal agencies, 
shall submit a report to the congressional committees re-
ferred to in paragraph (3)(D) of such section 212(f) that 
identifies, with respect to countries affected by a suspen-
sion or restriction, the information described in subpara-
graphs (A) through (G) of subsection (a)(2) and the spe-
cific evidence supporting the need for the continued exer-
cise of Presidential 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 sub-
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section is not provided to such congressional committees 
in the time specified, the suspension or restriction shall 
immediately terminate absent intervening congressional 
action. A final report with such information shall be pre-
pared and submitted to such congressional committees not 
later than 30 days after the suspension or restriction is 
lifted. 
(c) FORM; AVAILABILITY.—The reports required 
under subsections (a) and (b) shall be made publicly avail-
able online in unclassified form. 
TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 5101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary to carry out this Act, and the amend-
ments made by this Act. 
SEC. 5102. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 
complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 
(Public Law 111–139), shall be determined by reference 
to the latest statement titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of 
PAYGO Legislation’’ for this Act, jointly submitted for 
printing in the Congressional Record by the Chairmen of 
the Senate Budget Committee, provided that such state-
ment has been submitted prior to the vote on passage. 
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