[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 1953 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1953 To prohibit foreign assistance to countries that deny or delay accepting aliens as described in section 243 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 6, 2025 Mr. Roy (for himself, Mr. Nehls, Mr. Ogles, Mr. Gill of Texas, Mr. Rose, Ms. Boebert, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. Massie, Mr. Perry, Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Babin, Mr. Biggs of Arizona, and Mr. Cloud) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To prohibit foreign assistance to countries that deny or delay accepting aliens as described in section 243 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. 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 ``Deportation Compliance Act''. SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FOREIGN ASSISTANCE TO CERTAIN COUNTRIES. No Federal funds may be made available to provide foreign assistance to any country-- (1) with respect to which the Secretary of State has exercised the authority of section 243(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1253(d); relating to discontinuing granting visas to nationals of countries denying or delaying accepting aliens) for a period of 180 days; and (2) as of the end of such period, that continues to deny or unreasonably delay accepting aliens who are citizens, subjects, nationals, or residents of that country, as described in section 243(d) of such Act with respect to which the Secretary exercised the authority of such section. <all>