[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5207 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5207

 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that an alien 
may not be denied admission to the United States because of the alien's 
                   religion, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 12, 2016

   Mr. Beyer (for himself, Mr. Honda, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Carson of 
   Indiana, Mr. Crowley, Ms. Norton, Mr. Ellison, Ms. McCollum, Mr. 
 Hinojosa, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Blumenauer, 
 Mr. Israel, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Welch, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. 
  Al Green of Texas, Ms. Velazquez, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Smith of 
Washington, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Rush, Mr. Becerra, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mrs. 
Lawrence, Mr. Takai, Mr. Delaney, Mr. Levin, Mr. Takano, Mr. Sires, Mr. 
     Tonko, Mr. McDermott, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. 
 Cicilline, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Rangel, Ms. Lee, Mr. Norcross, 
 Mr. Conyers, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Payne, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Huffman, Mr. 
Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Heck of Washington, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Larson 
 of Connecticut, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Farr, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Hanna, Mr. 
  Gutierrez, Mr. Cardenas, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
Pocan, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Garamendi, 
 Mr. Kind, Mr. Himes, Ms. Judy Chu of California, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. 
    Murphy of Florida, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Mr. Swalwell of 
 California, Ms. Kaptur, Miss Rice of New York, Mr. Engel, Ms. Matsui, 
Mr. Walz, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Fattah, Mrs. Torres, Ms. Titus, 
 Mr. Pascrell, Ms. Meng, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. Connolly, Ms. Edwards, Mr. 
Ted Lieu of California, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Cartwright, Ms. DelBene, Ms. 
 Brownley of California, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mrs. Capps, Mr. 
 Butterfield, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Jeffries, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of 
    New York, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
 Richmond, and Ms. Roybal-Allard) 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 to provide that an alien 
may not be denied admission to the United States because of the alien's 
                   religion, 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 ``Freedom of Religion Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON DENYING ADMISSION BECAUSE OF RELIGION.

    Chapter 2 of title I of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1181 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 219 the 
following:

``SEC. 220. PROHIBITION ON DENYING ADMISSION BECAUSE OF RELIGION.

    ``Notwithstanding any other provision of the immigration laws, an 
alien may not be denied admission to the United States because of the 
alien's religion or lack of religious beliefs.''.
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