Stop Birth Tourism Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2484
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-48]
Introduced: 2015-05-20
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Immigration status and procedures

Travel and tourism

Visas and passports

Women's health
Latest action: action_date: 2015-06-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-05-20
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Stop Birth Tourism Act of 2015</strong></p> <p>This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize a consular officer or the Secretary of State to require that a nonimmigrant B-visa alien (temporary tourist or business visitor) provide a certification from a health care provider that the alien is not pregnant, or, if the alien is pregnant, regarding the status of the pregnancy. </p> <p>Such an alien who is pregnant and likely to give birth in the United States is inadmissible.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2484 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 20, 2015 Mr. Rohrabacher (for himself, Mr. Conaway , Mr. Gohmert , Mr. Jones , Mr. DesJarlais , Mr. Zinke , Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas , Mr. Carter of Georgia , Mr. King of Iowa , Mr. Gosar , and Mr. Olson ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that certain aliens who are pregnant are ineligible to receive visas and ineligible to be admitted to the United States, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stop Birth Tourism Act of 2015 . 2. Restriction on the admissibility of certain aliens who are pregnant Section 212(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1182(a) ) is amended by inserting at the end the following: (11) Pregnancy (A) In general In the case of an alien seeking admission to the United States as a nonimmigrant under section 101(a)(15)(B), a consular officer or the Secretary of State may require that the alien provide a certification from a healthcare provider that the alien is not pregnant, or, if the alien is pregnant, as to the status of the pregnancy. (B) Inadmissibility An alien seeking admission to the United States as a nonimmigrant under section 101(a)(15)(B) who a consular officer or the Secretary of State determines under subparagraph (A) is pregnant, and if admitted to the United States, is likely to give birth in the United States, is inadmissible. .