[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 118 (Sunday, July 26, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5859-S5860]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2448. Mr. PAUL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 22, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans 
Administration from being taken into account for purposes of 
determining the employers to which the employer mandate applies under 
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:


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       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. NATIONAL SECURITY SCREENING SYSTEM FOR ALIENS FROM 
                   HIGH RISK COUNTRIES.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Covered alien.--The term ``covered alien'' means an 
     alien who is seeking entry or who has entered the United 
     States under any provision of the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) and who is a national of a 
     following country:
       (A) Afghanistan.
       (B) Algeria.
       (C) Bahrain.
       (D) Bangladesh.
       (E) Egypt.
       (F) Eritrea.
       (G) Indonesia.
       (H) Iran.
       (I) Iraq.
       (J) Jordan.
       (K) Kuwait.
       (L) Lebanon.
       (M) Libya.
       (N) Morocco.
       (O) Nigeria.
       (P) North Korea.
       (Q) Oman.
       (R) Palestinian Territories.
       (S) Pakistan.
       (T) Qatar.
       (U) Russia.
       (V) Saudi Arabia.
       (W) Somalia.
       (X) Sudan.
       (Y) Syria.
       (Z) Tunisia.
       (AA) United Arab Emirates.
       (BB) Yemen.
       (2) Department.--The term ``Department'' means the 
     Department of Homeland Security.
       (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of Homeland Security.
       (4) System.--The term ``System'' means the National 
     Security Screening System established under subsection (b).
       (b) High Risk National Security Screening System.--
       (1) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a 
     National Security Screening System.
       (2) Information.--The System shall include information 
     about each covered alien in the United States.
       (3) Registration.--The Secretary shall notify each covered 
     alien who is a new applicant that the covered alien, not 
     later than 30 days prior to entering the United States, 
     shall--
       (A) register with the System, as part of the visa 
     application or other entry process; and
       (B) be interviewed and fingerprinted by an official of the 
     Department.
       (4) Background check.--The Secretary shall perform a 
     background check on each covered alien to ensure that such 
     alien does not present a national security risk to the United 
     States.
       (5) Monitoring.--The Secretary shall establish a procedure 
     for monitoring the status of each covered alien in the United 
     States in relation to matters of national security.
       (c) Prohibition on Entry.--No covered alien may enter the 
     United States until after the date that the Secretary 
     certifies to Congress that the System is fully implemented.
       (d) Reports.--
       (1) Certification and national security report.--Not later 
     than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
     the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that--
       (A) certifies that the System has been implemented; and
       (B) describes the specific steps that have been taken to 
     prevent national security failures in screening out 
     terrorists from using visas to gain entry into the United 
     States.
       (2) Annual report.--The Secretary shall submit to Congress 
     an annual report that--
       (A) describes the effectiveness with which the Department 
     is screening covered aliens through the System;
       (B) indicates whether the System has been implemented in an 
     appropriate manner and does not result in the deportation of 
     individuals with no reasonable link to a national security 
     threat or perceived threat; and
       (C) contains--
       (i) the number of individuals screened and registered under 
     the System during the previous year, broken down by country 
     of nationality;
       (ii) the number of individuals deported during the past 
     year as a result of information gathered during the 
     interviews and background checks conducted pursuant to 
     section 3, broken down by country of nationality; and
       (iii) the number of individuals denied entry to the United 
     States based on a national security determination reached 
     through the System.
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