[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6237 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6237

 To prevent the admission of any member or leader of the Revolutionary 
 Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) into the United States, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 9, 2021

 Ms. Salazar (for herself, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mr. Gimenez, 
 Mr. Cawthorn, Mr. Steube, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Waltz, Mr. Van Drew, Ms. 
  Herrell, and Mr. Jackson) introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prevent the admission of any member or leader of the Revolutionary 
 Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) into the United States, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``No Foreign Adversaries Residing in 
our Communities Act'' or the ``No FARC Act''.

SEC. 2. PREVENTING ENTRY OF REVOLUTIONARY ARMED FORCES OF COLOMBIA 
              (FARC) PARTICIPANTS.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a 
consular officer shall deny all classes of immigrant and nonimmigrant 
visas to, and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall deny admission 
into the United States to, any alien who the Secretary of State 
determines is a present member or was a former member of the 
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
    (b) Waiver.--The President may waive the application of subsection 
(a) on a case-by-case basis only if the President determines and 
certifies in writing to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on the Judiciary of 
the Senate that the admission of a specified alien is in the national 
interests of the United States.
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