[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2199 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2199

  To prohibit the issuance of certain visas to nationals of a country 
   that denies or unreasonably delays the repatriation of a national 
 ordered removed from the United States to such country, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 15, 2011

  Mr. Poe of Texas (for himself, Mr. Marchant, Mr. Westmoreland, Mrs. 
 Ellmers, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Pence, Mr. Flores, Mr. 
 King of Iowa, Mr. Rooney, and Mr. Gingrey of Georgia) introduced the 
  following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit the issuance of certain visas to nationals of a country 
   that denies or unreasonably delays the repatriation of a national 
 ordered removed from the United States to such country, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``Deport Convicted Foreign Criminals 
Act''.

SEC. 2. DISCONTINUING GRANTING CERTAIN VISAS TO NATIONALS OF COUNTRY 
              DENYING OR DELAYING ACCEPTING ALIENS.

    (a) Amendment.--Section 243 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1253) is amended by striking subsection (d).
    (b) Discontinuing Granting Certain Visas to Nationals of Country 
Denying or Delaying Accepting Alien.--Section 241(b) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(b)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following:
            ``(4) Discontinuing granting certain visas and denying 
        admission to nationals of country denying or delaying accepting 
        aliens.--
                    ``(A) Discontinuing granting visas.--Except as 
                provided under subparagraph (C), if a country is listed 
                in the most recent quarterly report submitted by the 
                Secretary of Homeland Security to the Congress under 
                subparagraph (E), the Secretary of State may not issue 
                a nonimmigrant visa pursuant to section 101(a)(15)(A) 
                to a citizen, subject, national, or resident of such 
                country until--
                            ``(i) the Secretary of Homeland Security 
                        notifies the Secretary of State that the 
                        country should no longer be so listed; or
                            ``(ii) each alien listed in the report with 
                        respect to such country has otherwise been 
                        removed from the United States.
                    ``(B) Denying admission to nationals and foreign 
                government officials.--Except as provided under 
                subparagraph (C), if a country is listed in the most 
                recent quarterly report submitted by the Secretary of 
                Homeland Security to the Congress under subparagraph 
                (E), the Secretary of Homeland Security, in 
                consultation with the Secretary of State, shall deny 
                admission to any citizen, subject, national, or 
                resident of that country who has received a 
                nonimmigrant visa pursuant to section 101(a)(15)(A).
                    ``(C) Exception.--Subparagraphs (A) and (B) do not 
                apply if the Secretary of State determines that the 
                life or freedom of the visa applicant or individual 
                seeking admission would be threatened in the country 
                listed under subparagraph (E).
                    ``(D) Effect of unauthorized issuance.--Any visa 
                issued in violation of this paragraph shall be null and 
                void.
                    ``(E) Quarterly reports.--Not later than 90 days 
                after the date of the enactment of the Deport Convicted 
                Foriegn Criminals Act, and every 3 months thereafter, 
                the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit a 
                report to the Congress that--
                            ``(i) lists all the countries that deny or 
                        unreasonably delay the acceptance of at least 
                        10 percent of the total number of aliens who--
                                    ``(I) are physically present in the 
                                United States;
                                    ``(II) are a citizen, subject, 
                                national, or resident of such country; 
                                and
                                    ``(III) have received a final order 
                                of removal; and
                            ``(ii) includes the total number of aliens 
                        described under clause (i), organized by--
                                    ``(I) name;
                                    ``(II) country;
                                    ``(III) detention status; and
                                    ``(IV) criminal status.
                    ``(F) Compliance with repatriation.--If the 
                Secretary of Homeland Security determines that a 
                country listed in the quarterly report under 
                subparagraph (E) has accepted each alien listed with 
                respect to that country under subparagraph (E)(ii), the 
                country shall be removed from the list in the next 
                quarterly report submitted under subparagraph (E) and 
                shall not be subject to the sanctions described in this 
                paragraph, unless subparagraph (E) applies to such 
                country with respect to another alien.
                    ``(G) Denies or unreasonably delays.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Except as provided under 
                        clause (ii), in this paragraph, a country 
                        `denies or unreasonably delays' the acceptance 
                        of an alien who is a citizen, subject, 
                        national, or resident of the country if the 
                        country does not accept the alien within the 
                        removal period.
                            ``(ii) Alien that may not be removed.--For 
                        purposes of clause (i), a country does not deny 
                        or unreasonably delay the acceptance of an 
                        alien who is a citizen, subject, national, or 
                        resident of the country if such alien may not 
                        be removed pursuant to this section.''.

SEC. 3. NOTICE TO STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.

    (a) Notice.--
            (1) In general.--As soon as practicable, the Secretary of 
        Homeland Security shall notify the chief law enforcement 
        officer of the State and of the local jurisdiction in which any 
        alien described in paragraph (2) has been detained by the 
        United States is released.
            (2) Alien described.--An alien is described in this 
        paragraph if the alien--
                    (A) is listed in the most recent quarterly report 
                submitted by the Secretary of Homeland Security to the 
                Congress under section 241(b)(4)(E) of the Immigration 
                and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(b)(4)(E)); or
                    (B) has received a final order of removal under 
                chapter 4 of title II of the Immigration and 
                Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1221 et seq.) and has not 
                been removed from the United States.
    (b) Information Contained in Notice.--The notice under subsection 
(a) shall include the following information, if available, about each 
alien:
            (1) Name.
            (2) Location where the alien is released.
            (3) Date of release.
            (4) Country of nationality.
            (5) Detention status.
            (6) Criminal history, including probation and parole 
        information.
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