[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7875 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7875

   To direct the Secretary of State to designate MS-13 as a foreign 
            terrorist organization, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 5, 2024

Mr. Good of Virginia introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To direct the Secretary of State to designate MS-13 as a foreign 
            terrorist organization, 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 ``Every Town A Border Town Act''.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF MS-13 AS A FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.

    On the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
designate Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) (and any successor organization) as 
a foreign terrorist organization in accordance with section 219 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189).

SEC. 3. MEMBERS OF MS-13 CONSIDERED TO HAVE ENGAGED IN TERRORIST 
              ACTIVITY.

    Section 212(a)(3)(B)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(B)(i)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
``An alien who is a member, officer, official, representative, or 
spokesman of Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) is considered, for the purposes 
of this Act, to have engaged in terrorist activity.''.
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