No Visas for Anti-Semitic Students Act, the official text

119 HR 2866 IH: No Visas for Anti-Semitic Students Act
U.S. House of Representatives
2025-04-10
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I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2866 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 10, 2025 Ms. Malliotakis introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL To direct the Secretary of State to revoke the visas of students who have engaged in antisemitic activities, and for other purposes. 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the No Visas for Anti-Semitic Students Act .
2. Visa revocation or denial for students engaging in antisemitic activities
(a) In general
The Secretary of State shall revoke or deny a visa under subparagraph (F) or (M) of section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15) ) to any alien who, on or after the date of enactment of this Act—
(1) engages in prohibited antisemitic conduct; and
(2) is determined by the Secretary of State, pursuant to section 237(a)(4)(C)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(4)(C)(i) ), to pose potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences for the United States through such conduct.
(b) Definitions
In this section:
(1) Antisemitism
The term antisemitism means the definition adopted on May 26, 2016, by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, of which the United States is a member, as adopted by the Department of State, including the contemporary examples of antisemitism identified therein.
(2) Prohibited antisemitic conduct
The term prohibited antisemitic conduct means—
(A) engaging in a physical act of violence, vandalism, or harassment targeting a Jewish individual, their property, a community institution, or religious facility, with intent to intimidate or harm based on based on the Jewish identity or affiliation of the individual or property targeted; or
(B) providing material support (including funding, organizing, or inciting) to a person knowing that the person intended to use such support to engage in an act described in subparagraph (A).
3. Terms of nonimmigrant status for students
Section 214 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1184 ) is amended by adding at the end the following:
(s) (1) An alien may not be granted or maintain nonimmigrant status under subparagraph (F) or (M) of section 101(a)(15) if the alien engages in prohibited antisemitic conduct and the Secretary of State determines, pursuant to section 237(a)(4)(C)(i), that such conduct would have potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences for the United States.
(2) If the Secretary of State determines that an alien who has been granted nonimmigrant status under subparagraph (F) or (M) of section 101(a)(15) has engaged in prohibited antisemitic conduct, and that, as described in section 237(a)(4)(C)(i), such alien or such alien’s conduct poses potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences for the United States, the Secretary shall revoke the alien’s visa.
(3) In this subsection:
(A) The term antisemitism means the definition adopted on May 26, 2016, by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, of which the United States is a member, as adopted by the Department of State, including the contemporary examples of antisemitism identified therein.
(B) The term prohibited antisemitic conduct means—
(i) engaging in a physical act of violence, vandalism, or harassment targeting a Jewish individual, their property, a community institution, or religious facility, with intent to intimidate or harm based on based on the Jewish identity or affiliation of the individual or property targeted; or
(ii) providing material support (including funding, organizing, or inciting) to a person knowing that the person intended to use such support to engage in an act described in clause (i).
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