3.0.0 2392 2023-01-01T23:43:14Z 2023-01-01T23:43:14Z Senate S 2021-07-20 117 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-07-20T17:16:09Z REVEAL Act 117 4557 HR 2022-11-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. Related bill CRS Counter-Kleptocracy Act 117 5209 HR 2022-11-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. Related bill CRS 2021-07-20 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2021-07-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD N R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2021-07-20 True Immigration Immigration 00 2021-07-20 Introduced in Senate 2021-12-17T17:56:28Z Revealing and Explaining Visa Exclusions for Accountability and Legitimacy Act or the REVEAL Act

This bill authorizes the Department of State to publicly disclose the identity of an alien who has been denied admission into the United States because that alien's entry would pose potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences. The State Department may also reveal the grounds that it relied on to make such a determination.

The President must annually report to Congress a list of individuals denied a visa on such foreign policy grounds and the justification for each denial. 

]]> REVEAL Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow the Secretary of State to make available to the public certain records pertaining to the refusal of a visa or permit based on an alien's involvement in corruption, transnational repression, or human rights abuse, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title REVEAL Act Short Title(s) as Introduced REVEAL Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Revealing and Explaining Visa Exclusions for Accountability and Legitimacy Act Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s2392is/xml/BILLS-117s2392is.xml 2021-07-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.