[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 13, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1851-S1852]
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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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