[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9605 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9605

    To provide that any foreign government official who engages in 
     censorship of American speech is inadmissible and deportable.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 16, 2024

 Mr. Issa (for himself and Ms. Salazar) introduced the following bill; 
          which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
    To provide that any foreign government official who engages in 
     censorship of American speech is inadmissible and deportable.

    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 Censors on our Shores Act''.

SEC. 2. INADMISSIBILITY AND DEPORTABILITY RELATED TO CENSORING SPEECH.

    (a) Inadmissibility.--Section 212(a)(2) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following:
                    ``(J) Censorship.--Any alien who, while serving as 
                a foreign government official, was responsible for or 
                directly carried out, at any time, any act against a 
                United States citizen located in the United States 
                that, if committed by a United States government 
                official in the United States, would violate the First 
                Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, is 
                inadmissible.''.
    (b) Deportability.--Section 237(a)(2) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following:
                    ``(G) Censorship.--Any alien who, while serving as 
                a foreign government official, was responsible for or 
                directly carried out, at any time, any act against a 
                United States citizen located in the United States 
                that, if committed by a United States government 
                official in the United States, would violate the First 
                Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, is 
                deportable.''.
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