Terrorist Inadmissibility Codification Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3237 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3237

To consider, for purposes of the Immigration and Nationality Act, that 
  officers, officials, representatives, spokespersons, and members of 
  Hamas, Palestine Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah, Al-Qaeda, and ISIS, and 
 individuals who endorse or espouse terrorist activities conducted by 
         such organizations are engaged in terrorist activity.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 20, 2025

  Mr. Budd (for himself, Mr. Cassidy, Ms. Lummis, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. 
   Daines, Mr. McCormick, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Ricketts, and Mr. Scott of 
   Florida) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To consider, for purposes of the Immigration and Nationality Act, that 
  officers, officials, representatives, spokespersons, and members of 
  Hamas, Palestine Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah, Al-Qaeda, and ISIS, and 
 individuals who endorse or espouse terrorist activities conducted by 
         such organizations are engaged in terrorist activity.

    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 ``Terrorist Inadmissibility 
Codification Act''.

SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF HAMAS, PALESTINE ISLAMIC JIHAD, HEZBOLLAH, AL-
              QAEDA, AND ISIS OFFICIALS AND MEMBERS AMONG ALIENS 
              ENGAGED IN TERRORIST ACTIVITY.

    Section 212(a)(3)(B)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(B)) is amended, in the undesignated matter following 
subclause (IX), by striking ``or spokesman of the Palestine Liberation 
Organization'' and inserting ``spokesperson, or member of the Palestine 
Liberation Organization, Hamas, Palestine Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah, Al-
Qaeda, ISIS, or any successor or affiliate group, or who endorses or 
espouses terrorist activities conducted by any of the aforementioned 
groups,''.
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