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No Immigration Benefits for Hamas Terrorists Act of 2025, the official text

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119 HR 176 : No Immigration Benefits for Hamas Terrorists Act of 2025
U.S. House of Representatives
2025-12-02
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IIB 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 176 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 2, 2025 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
AN ACT To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to aliens who carried out, participated in, planned, financed, supported, or otherwise facilitated the attacks against Israel. 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the No Immigration Benefits for Hamas Terrorists Act of 2025 .
2. Aliens who carried out, participated in, planned, financed, supported, or otherwise facilitated attacks against Israel
(a) Participants in Hamas Terrorism against Israel
Section 212(a)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3) ) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (B)(i), in the matter following subclause (IX)—
(A) by inserting Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or Hamas after Palestine Liberation Organization ; and
(B) by inserting member, after representative, ; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
(H) Participants in Hamas Terrorism against Israel
Any alien who carried out, participated in, planned, financed, afforded material support to, or otherwise facilitated any of the attacks against Israel initiated by Hamas beginning on October 7, 2023, is inadmissible.
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(b) Ineligibility for relief
Section 241(b)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1231(b)(3) ) is amended by adding at the end the following:
(D) Ineligibility for relief
Any alien who carried out, participated in, planned, financed, afforded material support to, or otherwise facilitated any of the attacks against Israel initiated by Hamas beginning on October 7, 2023, shall be ineligible for any relief under the immigration laws, including under this section, section 208, and section 2242 of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (and any regulations issued pursuant to such section).
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(c) Conforming amendment
Section 237(a)(4)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(4)(B) ) is amended by striking subparagraph (B) or (F) and inserting subparagraph (B), (F), or (H) .
(d) Report required on participants in Hamas terrorism against Israel
Beginning not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and each year thereafter, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit a report to Congress, including the number of aliens who were—
(1) found to be inadmissible under section 212(a)(3)(H) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(H) ); and
(2) described in section 212(a)(3)(H) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(H) ) and found to be removable pursuant to section 237(a)(4)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(4)(B) ).
Passed the House of Representatives December 1, 2025. Kevin F. McCumber, Clerk.
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