REFORM Act of 2022
Bill: H.R.7507 | Sponsor: Rep. Cawthorn, Madison (R-NC)
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
Reinforcing Every Final Order of Removal Measure Act of 2022 or the REFORM Act of 2022
This bill imposes additional requirements pertaining to a foreign country that refuses to accept (or unreasonably delays in accepting) its citizens, nationals, subjects, or residents who are subject to a final order of removal from the United States.

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 Representatives 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''.

SEC. 2. DISCONTINUING GRANTING VISAS TO NATIONALS OF COUNTRY DENYING OR 
              DELAYING ACCEPTING 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 Security'';
            (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 residents of a foreign 
                        country are present in the United States, with 
                        respect to whom the foreign country has denied 
                        or unreasonably delayed accepting after being 
                        asked to accept such aliens by the Secretary of 
                        Homeland Security under this section, the 
                        Secretary of Homeland Security shall notify the 
                        Secretary of State.
                            ``(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 granting immigrant visas or 
                        nonimmigrant visas, or both, to citizens, 
                        subjects, nationals, 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, nationals, 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 unreasonably delayed 
                        accepting after being asked to accept such 
                        aliens by the Secretary of Homeland Security 
                        under this section, the Secretary of Homeland 
                        Security shall notify the Secretary of State.
                            ``(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 granting all immigrant visas or 
                        all nonimmigrant visas, or both, to citizens, 
                        subjects, nationals, and residents of that 
                        country until the Secretary of Homeland 
                        Security notifies the Secretary of State that 
                        the country has accepted not less than half of 
                        such aliens, and has demonstrated a reliable 
                        and repeated process to ensure that the country 
                        will not deny or unreasonably delay accepting 
                        its citizens, subjects, nationals, and 
                        residents after being asked to accept such an 
                        alien by the Secretary of Homeland Security 
                        under this section.''.
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