[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4941 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4941

To direct the Secretary of State to implement certain travel conditions 
   for officials of certain countries, entities, and United Nations 
organizations for attending any official meeting of the United Nations 
     at the United Nations Headquarters Building in New York City.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 8, 2025

  Mr. Steube introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the 
 Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Secretary of State to implement certain travel conditions 
   for officials of certain countries, entities, and United Nations 
organizations for attending any official meeting of the United Nations 
     at the United Nations Headquarters Building in New York City.

    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 ``Limiting Extremist Travel to the 
United Nations Act''.

SEC. 2. TRAVEL CONDITIONS REQUIRED.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of State shall implement travel 
conditions described in subsection (b) for the officials of the 
following countries, entities, and United Nations organizations for 
attending any official meeting of the United Nations at the United 
Nations Headquarters Building in New York City:
            (1) Any official of Iran.
            (2) Any official whom the Secretary of State certifies 
        maintains any official association or membership with any 
        Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), to include any political 
        wing of such organization.
            (3) Any official of a United Nations organization to which 
        the United States is not a member.
    (b) Travel Conditions Described.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law:
            (1) Any official described in paragraph (1) or (2) of 
        subsection (a) attending any official meeting of the United 
        Nations, to include the United Nations General Assembly, may 
        not be physically present outside of the following areas:
                    (A) The closest route between John F. Kennedy 
                International Airport (JFK), Newark Liberty 
                International Airport (EWR), Teterboro Airport (TEB) 
                and the United Nations Headquarters Building.
                    (B) The closest route between the United Nations 
                Headquarters Building and--
                            (i) the official's hotel or other 
                        accommodation; or
                            (ii) the official's representative office 
                        to the United Nations.
                    (C) Additionally, the Secretary of State may only 
                permit the validity of such visa for no more than one 
                day prior to the commencement of, or one day following 
                the closing of the United Nations General Assembly 
                meeting.
            (2) Any official of any United Nations organization which 
        the United States is not a member may not be physically present 
        outside of the 25-mile radius of the United Nations 
        Headquarters Building, and may not be physically present at any 
        institute of higher education within such 25-mile radius of the 
        United Nations Headquarters Building.
    (c) Exceptions.--The following exceptions shall apply with respect 
to the travel conditions described in subsection (b):
            (1) If the closest route to and from JFK, EWR, or TEB 
        airports is not accessible or there exists a reasonable 
        security concern, as determined by the Department of State or 
        Department of Homeland Security, then the next closest route 
        may be utilized.
            (2) If the closest route between the United Nations 
        Headquarters Building and the official's hotel or other 
        accommodation or the official's representative office to the 
        United Nations is not accessible or there exists a reasonable 
        security concern, as determined by the Department of State or 
        Department of Homeland Security, then the next closest route 
        may be utilized.
    (d) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be construed 
to apply to an individual who is a United States citizen or legal 
permanent resident.
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