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<dc:title>119 HR 4959 IH: Land of the Free Act of 2025</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2025-08-12</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">119th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">1st Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 4959</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20250812">August 12, 2025</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="R000305">Ms. Ross</sponsor> (for herself, <cosponsor name-id="B001318">Ms. Balint</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="T000481">Ms. Tlaib</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S001231">Ms. Simon</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="J000288">Mr. Johnson of Georgia</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S001205">Ms. Scanlon</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="O000172">Ms. Ocasio-Cortez</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="L000602">Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="N000002">Mr. Nadler</cosponsor>, and <cosponsor name-id="F000477">Mrs. Foushee</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HJU00">Committee on the Judiciary</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To amend section 237 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for an exception related to protected speech activities.</official-title></form><legis-body id="H2B8069052F4543779EF69879C8B167F3" style="OLC"> 
<section id="H2AB3B04A2D4F408192FC93716108D3F5" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header>
 <text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Land of the Free Act of 2025</short-title></quote>.</text></section> 
<section id="HAE519E7243134B949BEE619EA539683D"><enum>2.</enum><header>Exception related to protected speech activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 237(a)(4)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1227">8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(4)(C)</external-xref>) is repealed.</text> </section> </legis-body></bill>

