Every Town A Border Town Act

Bill: 117-hr-7024
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Good, Bob [R-VA-5]
Introduced: 2022-03-09
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Latest action: action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-03-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Every Town A Border Town Act</strong></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of State to designate Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) and any successor organization as a foreign terrorist organization. Among other things, the designation allows the Department of the Treasury to require financial institutions to block transactions involving the organization.</p> <p>Additionally, an alien who is a member, officer, official, representative, or spokesman of MS-13 is considered to have engaged in terrorist activity and is inadmissible for entry into the United States.<br> </p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7024 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 9, 2022 Mr. Good of Virginia (for himself, Mr. Budd , Mr. Gosar , Mr. Perry , Mrs. Miller of Illinois , Mr. Gohmert , Mr. Gaetz , Mr. Cawthorn , Mr. Babin , Mr. Weber of Texas , Mr. Duncan , Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois , Mrs. Boebert , Mr. Garbarino , Mr. Bishop of North Carolina , and Mr. Norman ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To direct the Secretary of State to designate MS–13 as a foreign terrorist organization, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Every Town A Border Town Act . 2. Designation of MS–13 as a foreign terrorist organization On the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall designate Mara Salvatrucha (MS–13) (and any successor organization) as a foreign terrorist organization in accordance with section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1189 ). 3. Members of MS–13 considered to have engaged in terrorist activity Section 212(a)(3)(B)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(B)(i) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: An alien who is a member, officer, official, representative, or spokesman of Mara Salvatrucha (MS–13) is considered, for the purposes of this Act, to have engaged in terrorist activity. .