[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1203 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1203

To withhold Federal financial assistance from each country that denies 
or unreasonably delays the acceptance of nationals of such country who 
 have been ordered removed from the United States and to prohibit the 
            issuance of visas to nationals of such country.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 27, 2023

  Mr. Babin introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the 
 Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To withhold Federal financial assistance from each country that denies 
or unreasonably delays the acceptance of nationals of such country who 
 have been ordered removed from the United States and to prohibit the 
            issuance of visas to nationals of such country.

    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 ``Criminal Alien Deportation 
Enforcement Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES THAT 
              DENY OR UNREASONABLY DELAY THE ACCEPTANCE OF NATIONALS 
              WHO HAVE BEEN ORDERED REMOVED FROM THE UNITED STATES.

    Chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 137. PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES 
              THAT DENY OR UNREASONABLY DELAY THE REPATRIATION OF 
              NATIONALS WHO HAVE BEEN ORDERED REMOVED FROM THE UNITED 
              STATES.

    ``(a) In General.--Except as otherwise provided under this section, 
funds made available under this Act may not be dispersed to a foreign 
country that refuses or unreasonably delays the acceptance of an alien 
who--
            ``(1) is a citizen, subject, national, or resident of such 
        country; and
            ``(2) 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.).
    ``(b) Defined Term.--In this section and in section 243(d) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1253(d)), a country is deemed 
to have refused or unreasonable delayed the acceptance of an alien who 
is a citizen, subject, national, or resident if the country does not 
accept the alien within 90 days of receiving a request to repatriate 
such alien from an official of the United States who is authorized to 
make such a request.
    ``(c) Quarterly Reports.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
enactment of this section, and every 3 months thereafter, the Secretary 
of Homeland Security shall submit a report to the Senate and the House 
of Representatives that--
            ``(1) lists all the countries which refuse or unreasonably 
        delay repatriation (as defined in subsection (b)); and
            ``(2) includes the total number of aliens who were refused 
        repatriation, organized by--
                    ``(A) country;
                    ``(B) detention status; and
                    ``(C) criminal status.
    ``(d) Issuance of Travel Documents.--If a country is listed in a 
report submitted under subsection (c), the country shall be subject to 
the sanctions described in subsection (a) and in section 243(d) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act unless the country issues appropriate 
travel documents--
            ``(1) not later than 100 days after the submission of such 
        report on behalf of all aliens described in subsection (a) who 
        have been convicted of a crime committed while in the United 
        States; and
            ``(2) not later than 200 days after the submission of such 
        report on behalf of all other aliens described in subsection 
        (a).
    ``(e) Standing.--A victim or an immediate family member of a victim 
of a crime committed by any alien described in subsection (a) after 
such alien has been issued a final order of removal shall have standing 
to sue in any Federal district court to enforce the provisions of this 
section and the provisions of section 243(d) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act. No monetary judgments may be awarded in a suit filed 
under this subsection.''.

SEC. 3. DISCONTINUING GRANTING VISAS TO NATIONALS OF COUNTRY DENYING OR 
              DELAYING ACCEPTING ALIENS.

    Section 243(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1253(d)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(d) Discontinuing Granting Visas to Nationals of Country Denying 
or Delaying Accepting Aliens.--
            ``(1) In general.--If a country is listed on the most 
        recent report submitted by the Secretary of Homeland Security 
        to Congress under section 137(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act 
        of 1961, no visa may be issued to or status under the 
        immigration laws provided to a subject, national, or resident 
        of such country unless the country is in full compliance with 
        section 137(d) of such Act.
            ``(2) Effect of unauthorized issuance.--Any visa issued or 
        status provided in violation of this paragraph shall be null 
        and void.
            ``(3) Standing.--A victim or an immediate family member of 
        a victim of a crime committed by any alien described in section 
        137(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 after such alien 
        has been issued a final order of removal shall have standing to 
        sue in any Federal district court to enforce the provisions of 
        this subsection. No monetary judgments may be awarded in a suit 
        filed under this subsection.''.
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