[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1156 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1156

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to a country 
 that denies or unreasonably delays accepting the country's nationals 
        upon the request of the Secretary of Homeland Security.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 17, 2011

   Mr. Dent introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to a country 
 that denies or unreasonably delays accepting the country's nationals 
        upon the request of the Secretary of Homeland Security.

    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 ``Accountability in Immigrant 
Repatriation Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. ALIEN REPATRIATION.

    Section 243(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1253(d)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(d) Ensuring Return of Removed Aliens.--
            ``(1) Discontinuing granting visas to nationals of 
        countries denying or delaying accepting alien.--On being 
        notified by the Secretary of Homeland Security that the 
        government of a foreign country denies or unreasonably delays 
        accepting an alien who is a citizen, subject, national, or 
        resident of that country after the Secretary of Homeland 
        Security asks whether the government will accept the alien 
        under this section, the Secretary of State shall order consular 
        officers in that foreign country to discontinue granting 
        immigrant visas or nonimmigrant visas, or both, to citizens, 
        subjects, nationals, and residents of that country until the 
        Secretary of Homeland Security notifies the Secretary of State 
        that the country has accepted the alien.
            ``(2) Denying admission to foreign government officials of 
        countries denying alien return.--If the Secretary of Homeland 
        Security determines that the government of a foreign country 
        denies or unreasonably delays accepting an alien who is a 
        citizen, subject, national, or resident of that country after 
        the alien has been ordered removed, the Secretary of Homeland 
        Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State, may deny 
        admission to any citizen, subject, national, or resident of 
        that country who is seeking or has received a nonimmigrant visa 
        pursuant to subparagraphs (A) and (G) of section 101(a)(15).
            ``(3) Quarterly reports.--Not later than 90 days after the 
        date of the enactment of the Accountability in Immigrant 
        Repatriation Act of 2011, and every 3 months thereafter, the 
        Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the Congress a 
        report that--
                    ``(A) lists all the countries which refuse or 
                unreasonably delay repatriation; and
                    ``(B) includes the total number of aliens who were 
                refused repatriation, disaggregated by--
                            ``(i) country;
                            ``(ii) detention status; and
                            ``(iii) criminal status.''.
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