[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6679 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6679

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to aliens who 
    carried out, participated in, planned, financed, supported, or 
           otherwise facilitated the attacks against Israel.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 7, 2023

Mr. McClintock 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 with respect to aliens who 
    carried out, participated in, planned, financed, supported, or 
           otherwise facilitated the attacks against Israel.

    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 ``No Immigration Benefits for Hamas 
Terrorists Act''.

SEC. 2. ALIENS WHO CARRIED OUT, PARTICIPATED IN, PLANNED, FINANCED, 
              SUPPORTED, OR OTHERWISE FACILITATED ATTACKS AGAINST 
              ISRAEL.

    (a) Participants in Hamas Terrorism Against Israel.--Section 
212(a)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)) 
is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B)(i), in the matter following 
        subclause (IX)--
                    (A) by inserting ``Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or 
                Hamas'' after ``Palestine Liberation Organization''; 
                and
                    (B) by inserting ``member,'' after 
                ``representative,''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(H) Participants in hamas terrorism against 
                israel.--Any alien who carried out, participated in, 
                planned, financed, afforded material support to, or 
                otherwise facilitated any of the attacks against Israel 
                initiated by Hamas beginning on October 7, 2023, is 
                inadmissible.''.
    (b) Ineligibility for Relief.--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) Ineligibility for relief.--An alien who 
                carried out, participated in, planned, financed, 
                afforded material support to, or otherwise facilitated 
                any of the attacks against Israel initiated by Hamas 
                beginning on October 7, 2023, shall be ineligible for 
                relief under the immigration laws, including under this 
                section, section 208, and section 2242 of the Omnibus 
                Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations 
                Act, 1999 (and any regulations issued pursuant to such 
                section).''.
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