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To make aliens who are holders of a passport issued by the Palestinian Authority ineligible for visas, admission, or parole into the United States.
Summary
This bill makes foreign nationals who hold a passport issued by the Palestinian Authority inadmissible to the United States. It prohibits the issuance of visas or other documentation to such individuals and bars them from being admitted or paroled into the United States or receiving any benefits under immigration law.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] (R-MT)
Actions (2)
- Mar 26, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. · senate
- Mar 26, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 26, 2025
Mr. Daines introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To make aliens who are holders of a passport issued by the Palestinian Authority ineligible for visas, admission, or parole into the United States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLES.
This Act may be cited as the “Guaranteeing Aggressors Zero Admission Act” or the “GAZA Act”.
SEC. 2. INELIGIBILITY FOR VISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.
An alien who is holder of a passport issued by the Palestinian Authority—
(1) is inadmissible to the United States;
(2) is ineligible to receive a visa or other documentation to enter the United States; and
(3) is otherwise ineligible to be admitted or paroled into the United States or to receive any other benefit under the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.). <all>
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