[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6211 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6211

  To prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security or the Secretary of 
 State, as applicable, from approving any application for or issuing a 
       nonimmigrant or immigrant visa to nationals of Palestine.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 2, 2023

 Mr. Zinke (for himself, Mr. Harris, Mr. Bean of Florida, Mr. Norman, 
  Mr. DesJarlais, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. Jackson of Texas, Mr. 
  Posey, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. Biggs, and Ms. Greene of Georgia) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security or the Secretary of 
 State, as applicable, from approving any application for or issuing a 
       nonimmigrant or immigrant visa to nationals of Palestine.

    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 ``Safeguarding Americans From 
Extremism Act of 2023'' or the ``SAFE Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON ISSUING CERTAIN VISAS TO NATIONALS OF PALESTINE.

    (a) Temporary Protected Status.--The Secretary of Homeland Security 
may not grant a covered alien temporary protected status in the United 
States pursuant to section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1254a).
    (b) Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Visas.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of Homeland Security and the 
        Secretary of State may not approve any application for or issue 
        a nonimmigrant or immigrant visa, as applicable, to a covered 
        alien.
            (2) Revocation.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
        revoke any nonimmigrant or immigrant visa issued to a covered 
        alien on or after October 1, 2023.
    (c) Asylum.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of Homeland Security or the 
        Attorney General may not grant asylum to a covered alien who 
        has applied for asylum in accordance with section 208 of the 
        Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158).
            (2) Revocation.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
        revoke a covered alien's status as an asylee if such status was 
        applied for on or after October 1, 2023.
    (d) Refugee Status.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of Homeland Security may not 
        grant admission as a refugee to a covered alien.
            (2) Revocation.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
        revoke a covered alien's status as a refugee if such status was 
        applied for on or after October 1, 2023.
    (e) Parole.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of Homeland Security may not 
        parole into the United States a covered alien.
            (2) Revocation.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
        revoke a covered alien's parole if such alien was paroled into 
        the United States on or after October 1, 2023.
    (f) Inadmissibility.--A covered alien shall be inadmissible to the 
United States.
    (g) Removal.--Beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Director 
of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Director of U.S. 
Citizenship and Immigration Services, shall promptly identify covered 
aliens who do not have lawful status under the immigration laws (as 
such term is defined in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101)) and take such steps as necessary to remove such 
aliens.
    (h) Covered Alien Defined.--In this section, the term ``covered 
alien'' means an alien who is a holder of a passport or other travel 
document issued by the Palestinian Authority.
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