[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6971 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6971

 To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to immediately initiate 
 removal proceedings for aliens whose visas are revoked on security or 
                            related grounds.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 11, 2024

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to immediately initiate 
 removal proceedings for aliens whose visas are revoked on security or 
                            related grounds.

    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 ``Mandatory Removal Proceedings Act''.

SEC. 2. MANDATORY INITIATION OF REMOVAL PROCEEDINGS FOR ALIENS WHOSE 
              VISAS ARE REVOKED ON SECURITY OR RELATED GROUNDS.

    Section 221(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1201(i)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``After the issuance'' and inserting the 
        following: ``Visa Revocation.--
            ``(1) In general.--After'';
            (2) by striking ``his discretion'' and inserting ``in the 
        discretion of the Secretary'';
            (3) by striking ``Attorney General'' and inserting 
        ``Secretary of Homeland Security'';
            (4) by striking ``issuance: Provided, That carriers'' and 
        inserting the following: ``issuance.
            ``(2) Exception.--Carriers''; and
            (5) by striking ``There shall be no means'' and inserting 
        the following:
            ``(3) Mandatory removal proceedings.--If the visa of an 
        alien is revoked pursuant to paragraph (1) as a result of a 
        ground for deportation described in section 237(a)(4), the 
        Secretary of Homeland Security shall immediately initiate 
        removal proceedings for such alien.
            ``(4) Judicial review.--There shall be no means''.
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