[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 14, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S142]
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  SA 20. Mr. KING submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 
to the bill S. 5, to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to take 
into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with 
theft, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; 
as follows:

       Beginning on page 5, strike line 11 and all that follows 
     through page 6, line 4, and insert the following:
       (c) Visa Sanctions.--Section 243(d) of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1253(d)) is amended to read as 
     follows:
       ``(d) Reserving Visa Sanctions as a Diplomatic Tool.--
       ``(1) Determination.--Upon receiving notice from the 
     Secretary of Homeland Security that the government of a 
     foreign country is denying or unreasonably delaying accepting 
     an alien who is a citizen, subject, national, or resident of 
     such country, the Secretary of State shall have the exclusive 
     authority to determine whether to discontinue granting visas 
     as a diplomatic tool for encouraging such country to accept 
     such alien.
       ``(2) Sanction.--If the Secretary of State elects to 
     discontinue granting visas pursuant to a determination under 
     paragraph (1), the Secretary of State shall order consular 
     officers at the United States embassy and consulates in such 
     country to discontinue granting immigrant visas or 
     nonimmigrant visas, or both, to citizens, subjects, 
     nationals, and residents of such country.
       ``(3) Duration.--The sanction described in paragraph (2) 
     shall remain in place until the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security notifies the Secretary of State that the country 
     subject to such sanction is cooperating with the Department 
     of Homeland Security by accepting the return of its citizens, 
     subjects, nationals, and residents.''.
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