[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 1071 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 523
119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 1071

                          [Report No. 119-603]

    To provide that any foreign government official who engages in 
     censorship of American speech is inadmissible and deportable.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 6, 2025

    Mr. Issa (for himself, Ms. Salazar, Mr. Gill of Texas, and Mr. 
 Baumgartner) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

                             April 9, 2026

              Additional sponsors: Mr. Hunt and Mr. Cline

                             April 9, 2026

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
    [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on 
                           February 6, 2025]


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                                 A BILL


 
    To provide that any foreign government official who engages in 
     censorship of American speech is inadmissible and deportable.


 


    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 Censors on our Shores Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. INADMISSIBILITY AND DEPORTABILITY RELATED TO CENSORING SPEECH.

    (a) Inadmissibility.--Section 212(a)(2) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following:
                    ``(J) Censorship.--Any alien who, while serving as 
                a government official of any foreign government, was 
                responsible for or directly carried out, at any time, 
                the commission of any act against a United States 
                citizen located in the United States that, if committed 
                by a government official of the United States in the 
                United States, would violate the First Amendment to the 
                Constitution of the United States, is inadmissible.''.
    (b) Deportability.--Section 237(a)(2) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following:
                    ``(G) Censorship.--Any alien who, while serving as 
                a government official of any foreign government, was 
                responsible for or directly carried out, at any time, 
                the commission of any act against a United States 
                citizen located in the United States that, if committed 
                by a government official of the United States in the 
                United States, would violate the First Amendment to the 
                Constitution of the United States, is deportable.''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 523

119th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 1071

                          [Report No. 119-603]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

    To provide that any foreign government official who engages in 
     censorship of American speech is inadmissible and deportable.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             April 9, 2026

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed