3.0.0 7650 2022-12-29T23:48:33Z 2022-12-29T23:48:33Z House HR 2022-05-03 117 [Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 73 (Tuesday, May 3, 2022)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. KEATING:H.R. 7650.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution[Page H4714]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju01 Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee Referred to 2022-11-01T22:17:22Z Referred to 2022-05-03T14:01:40Z hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing Referred to 2022-05-03T14:01:35Z International Press Freedom Act of 2021 117 1495 S 2021-04-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2362) Related bill CRS 2022-11-01 hsju01 Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. Committee 2022-05-03 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2022-05-03 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2022-05-03 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2022-05-03 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress K000375 Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9] William Keating D MA R. 9 N C001084 Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1] David Cicilline D RI N. 1 2022-05-03 True International Affairs Administrative law and regulatory procedures Appropriations Assault and harassment offenses Congressional oversight Crime prevention Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Criminal justice information and records Department of Homeland Security Department of State Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Executive agency funding and structure Federal officials Foreign aid and international relief Foreign labor Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government studies and investigations Government trust funds Human rights Immigration status and procedures Mental health News media and reporting Protest and dissent Refugees, asylum, displaced persons Right of privacy Violent crime Visas and passports International Affairs 00 2022-05-03 Introduced in House 2022-05-24T17:06:31Z International Press Freedom Act of 2022

This bill establishes programs to address international threats to press freedom and allows qualifying threatened journalists to be admitted into the United States.

The bill establishes an Office on International Press Freedom within the Department of State. The office's duties shall include (1) advocating for freedom of the press and freedom of expression abroad, (2) advising on U.S. policy on advancing such freedoms abroad, and (3) representing the United States in matters relating to such freedoms.

The bill also establishes the At-Risk Journalists Fund. The State Department shall use the fund to support journalists operating in restrictive environments and provide emergency assistance to journalists who have been threatened.

If the assistance provided through the fund is insufficient to protect the safety of an alien journalist who has been threatened, the journalist may receive a foreign media nonimmigrant visa upon meeting certain qualifications. The State Department must prioritize the review of a visa application for such a threatened journalist.

Similarly, the Department of Homeland Security must consider providing humanitarian parole to threatened journalists and provide an admission preference to certain threatened journalists (generally if the journalist's life or safety is at risk and if paroling the journalist would further U.S. foreign policy or national security interests).

The Department of Justice must provide training to all officials adjudicating refugee cases about issues involving freedom of the press. The State Department must also provide training on such issues to certain Foreign Service officers working overseas.

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