[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5178 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5178

To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to investigate and remove 
   aliens providing false information about drug-related grounds of 
                            inadmissibility.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 8, 2023

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to investigate and remove 
   aliens providing false information about drug-related grounds of 
                            inadmissibility.

    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 ``Substance and Possession Abuse 
Restrictions for Entrance Act of 2023'' or the ``SPARE Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO INVESTIGATE AND REMOVE ALIENS PROVIDING FALSE 
              INFORMATION ABOUT DRUG-RELATED GROUNDS OF 
              INADMISSIBILITY.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 60 days after receiving credible 
information that an alien knowingly provided false information on an 
application for admission to the United States related to whether the 
alien was inadmissible under paragraph (1)(A)(iv) or paragraph 
(2)(A)(i)(II) of section 212(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(1)(A)(iv), (2)(A)(i)(II)), the Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall--
            (1) investigate such information; and
            (2) if the Secretary determines that at the time of the 
        alien's admission the alien was so inadmissible, initiate 
        removal proceedings under section 239 of the Immigration and 
        Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1229).
    (b) Permanent Bar to Reentry.--Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, an alien who is removed pursuant to subsection (a)(2) may not 
seek admission to the United States at any time after such removal.
    (c) Waivers Subject to FOIA.--A waiver under subsection (d)(3)(A) 
or subsection (h) of section 212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(3)(A), (h)) of the ground of inadmissibility under 
paragraph (1)(A)(iv) or paragraph (2)(A)(i)(II) of section 212(a) of 
that Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(1)(A)(iv), (2)(A)(i)(II)) granted by the 
Secretary of Homeland Security for an alien seeking admission to the 
United States shall be subject to section 552 of title 5, United States 
Code (commonly referred to as the ``Freedom of Information Act'').
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