Stop Ebola Act

Bill: 113-hr-5688
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3]
Introduced: 2014-11-12
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Immigrant health and welfare

Immigration status and procedures

Infectious and parasitic diseases

Travel and tourism

Visas and passports

World health
Latest action: action_date: 2014-11-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-11-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Stop Ebola Act - Prohibits: (1) a consular officer from issuing an immigrant or nonimmigrant visa to any alien who is a citizen or national of a country designated by the World Health Organization as having widespread and intense transmissions under the World Health Organization Ebola Response Roadmap; and (2) an alien from being admitted into the United States if the alien's journey to the United States originated in, or included transit through, any such country.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5688 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 12, 2014 Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas (for himself and Mr. Marchant ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To impose special limitations on the issuance of visas to, and the admission into the United States of, aliens having certain associations with countries with widespread and intense transmissions of Ebola Virus Disease.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stop Ebola Act . 2. Special immigration limitations relating to Ebola Virus Disease (a) In general (1) Visa restrictions Beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, no consular officer may issue an immigrant or nonimmigrant visa to any alien who is a citizen or national of any affected country. (2) Admission restrictions Beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, an alien is ineligible to be admitted into the United States if the alien’s journey to the United States originated in, or included transit through, any affected country. (b) Affected country defined For purposes of this section, the term affected country means a country that has been designated by the World Health Organization as having widespread and intense transmissions under the World Health Organization Ebola Response Roadmap. (c) Other definitions Except as provided in subsection (b), the terms used in this section shall have the meaning given such terms in section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)).