I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7507 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide increased penalties 
for a country that denies or delays accepting 2,000 aliens who are 
nationals of that country, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 14, 2022 
Mr. CAWTHORN (for himself and Mr. WEBER of Texas) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide 
increased penalties for a country that denies or delays 
accepting 2,000 aliens who are nationals of that country, 
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 ‘‘Reinforcing Every 
Final Order of Removal Measure Act of 2022’’ or the 
‘‘REFORM Act of 2022’’. 
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SEC. 2. DISCONTINUING GRANTING VISAS TO NATIONALS 
OF COUNTRY DENYING OR DELAYING AC-
CEPTING ALIEN. 
Section 243(d) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1253(d)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Attorney General’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘On being’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) 
INDIVIDUAL VIOLATION—On being’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) AGGREGATE VIOLATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) 10 OR MORE VIOLATIONS.— 
‘‘(i) 
DUTIES
OF
SECRETARY
OF 
HOMELAND SECURITY.—If the Secretary of 
Homeland Security determines that 10 or 
more citizens, subjects, nationals, or resi-
dents of a foreign country are present in 
the United States, with respect to whom 
the foreign country has denied or unrea-
sonably delayed accepting after being 
asked to accept such aliens by the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security under this 
section, the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity shall notify the Secretary of State. 
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‘‘(ii) DUTIES
OF
SECRETARY
OF 
STATE.—The Secretary of State shall, not 
later than 30 days after being notified 
under clause (i), order consular officers in 
that foreign country to discontinue grant-
ing immigrant visas or nonimmigrant 
visas, or both, to citizens, subjects, nation-
als, and residents of that country until the 
Secretary of Homeland Security notifies 
the Secretary of State that the country has 
accepted all such citizens, subjects, nation-
als, and residents. 
‘‘(B) 2,000 OR MORE VIOLATIONS.— 
‘‘(i) 
DUTIES
OF
SECRETARY
OF 
HOMELAND SECURITY.—If the Secretary of 
Homeland Security determines that 2,000 
or more citizens, subjects, nationals, or 
residents of a foreign country are present 
in the United States, with respect to whom 
the foreign country has denied or unrea-
sonably delayed accepting after being 
asked to accept such aliens by the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security under this 
section, the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity shall notify the Secretary of State. 
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‘‘(ii) DUTIES
OF
SECRETARY
OF 
STATE.—The Secretary of State shall, not 
later than 30 days after being notified 
under clause (i), order consular officers in 
that foreign country to discontinue grant-
ing all immigrant visas or all non-
immigrant visas, or both, to citizens, sub-
jects, nationals, and residents of that coun-
try until the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity notifies the Secretary of State that the 
country has accepted not less than half of 
such aliens, and has demonstrated a reli-
able and repeated process to ensure that 
the country will not deny or unreasonably 
delay accepting its citizens, subjects, na-
tionals, and residents after being asked to 
accept such an alien by the Secretary of 
Homeland Security under this section.’’. 
Æ 
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