[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8119 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8119

 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to limit the ability to 
    take into account the mental health of an applicant for asylum.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 16, 2022

   Mr. Nehls (for himself, Mr. Van Drew, Mr. Babin, Mr. Tiffany, Mr. 
Jackson, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mrs. Boebert, and Mr. Gohmert) 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 limit the ability to 
    take into account the mental health of an applicant for asylum.

    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 ``Asylum Claims Improvement Act of 
2022''.

SEC. 2. MENTAL HEALTH CONSIDERATION.

    (a) Asylum.--Section 208(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1158(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) For purposes of the consideration of a claim of 
        asylum by an alien under this subsection, the mental health of 
        the alien may not be taken into account.''.
    (b) Withholding of Removal.--Section 241(b)(3) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(b)(3)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following:
                    ``(D) For purposes of a determination under this 
                paragraph, the mental health of the alien may not be 
                taken into account.''.
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