Stop Ebola Act

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.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5688 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5688

  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.


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                    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

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                                 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.

    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 ``Stop Ebola Act''.

SEC. 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)).
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