[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 13, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1851-S1852]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 198. Mr. VAN HOLLEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the joint resolution S.J. Res. 7, to direct the removal of 
United

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States Armed Forces from hostilities in the Republic of Yemen that have 
not been authorized by Congress; which was ordered to lie on the table; 
as follows:

       At the end, add the following:

     SEC. 6. VISA RESTRICTIONS FOR CERTAIN ALIENS.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary shall impose the visa 
     restrictions described in subsection (c) on any alien who the 
     Secretary determines is responsible for, or complicit in, 
     ordering, controlling, or otherwise directing the unlawful 
     detention of a United States citizen in Saudi Arabia.
       (b) Removal From Visa Restriction List.--The Secretary may 
     issue a visa to an alien described in subsection (a) if the 
     Secretary--
       (1) determines that such alien has afforded due process to 
     the applicable United States citizen; and
       (2) submits to the appropriate committees of Congress a 
     report that contains a justification for such determination.
       (c) Visa Restrictions Described.--Subject to subsection 
     (b)--
       (1) an alien described in subsection (a)--
       (A) is inadmissible to the United States; and
       (B) is ineligible to receive a visa or other documentation 
     authorizing entry into the United States; and
       (2) in the case of an alien described in subsection (a) who 
     is in possession of a valid visa or other documentation 
     authorizing entry into the United States, the Secretary shall 
     revoke such visa or other documentation under section 221(i) 
     of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)).
       (d) Public Availability of Information.--Notwithstanding 
     section 222(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
     U.S.C. 1202(f)), the Secretary shall publish in the Federal 
     Register--
       (1) the name of any alien to whom a visa restriction under 
     subsection (a) applies; and
       (2) any report submitted to the appropriate committees of 
     Congress under subsection (b)(2).
       (e) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Alien.--The term ``alien'' has the meaning given the 
     term in section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
     (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)).
       (2) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term 
     ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate; 
     and
       (B) the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on 
     Financial Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the 
     Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives.
       (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of State.
       (4) Unlawful detention.--The term ``unlawful detention'' 
     means arbitrary arrest or imprisonment without a public 
     charge or trial.
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