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To require an institution of higher education that becomes aware that a student having nonimmigrant status under subparagraph (F)(i) or (J) of section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)) has endorsed or supported a foreign terrorist organization to notify the SEVIS, and for other purposes.
To require an institution of higher education that becomes aware that a student having nonimmigrant status under subparagraph (F)(i) or (J) of section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)) has endorsed or supported a foreign terrorist organization to notify the SEVIS, and for other purposes.
Summary
The bill requires colleges and universities to immediately report to the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) when they become aware that a student holding an F-1 or J-1 nonimmigrant visa has endorsed or supported a foreign terrorist organization. If the Secretary of State determines that such participation is established, the student's visa must be revoked. Following visa revocation, the Secretary of Homeland Security must initiate removal proceedings to deport the student under immigration law. The bill defines "foreign terrorist organization" as organizations officially designated as such by the federal government and applies to approved institutions of higher education that participate in the federal student visa monitoring system.
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- Mar 18, 2025 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce, 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. · house
- Mar 18, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 18, 2025
Mr. Langworthy (for himself, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Gill of Texas, Mr. Stauber, Mr. Hamadeh of Arizona, Mr. Gosar, and Mr. Webster of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce, 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
A BILL
To require an institution of higher education that becomes aware that a student having nonimmigrant status under subparagraph (F)(i) or (J) of section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)) has endorsed or supported a foreign terrorist organization to notify the SEVIS, 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. NOTIFICATION BY INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
(a) In General.—An institution of higher education shall immediately report to the SEVIS when a student holding a J-1 or F-1 nonimmigrant visa has participated in activity in support of, or as an endorsement of, a foreign terrorist organization. The Secretary of State shall revoke such visa if the Secretary determines that such participation is established. In the case of a student whose visa is revoked under this section, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall initiate removal proceedings with respect to the student under the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.).
(b) Definitions.—In this section:
(1) The term “foreign terrorist organization” means an organization designated as a foreign terrorist organization pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189).
(2) The term “institution of higher education” means an approved institution of higher education that is subject to section 641 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1372).
(3) The term “SEVIS” means the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System of the Department of Homeland Security. <all>
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