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Preventing Intelligence Gathering from Foreign Adversaries Act
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to include subjection to a foreign intelligence security law as a ground of inadmissibility and deportability.
Summary
This bill amends immigration law to make aliens inadmissible to the United States if they are subject to a foreign country's law requiring them to provide access, cooperation, or support for that country's intelligence-gathering activities. The bill also makes such individuals deportable if they are already in the United States. The provision applies to any alien bound by a foreign intelligence security law, regardless of whether they have actually engaged in intelligence activities.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] (R-FL)
Actions (2)
- Jul 16, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. · senate
- Jul 16, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 16, 2025
Mr. Scott of Florida introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to include subjection to a foreign intelligence security law as a ground of inadmissibility and deportability.
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 “Preventing Intelligence Gathering from Foreign Adversaries Act”.
SEC. 2. SUBJECTION TO FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SECURITY LAW AS GROUNDS OF INADMISSIBILITY AND DEPORTABILITY.
(a) Inadmissibility.—Section 212(a)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(H) Subjection to foreign intelligence security law.—Any alien who is subject to a law of any foreign country that requires such alien to provide access to, cooperation with, or support for, the intelligence- gathering activities or operations of such county is inadmissible.”.
(b) Deportability.—Section 237(a)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(4)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(G) Subjection to foreign intelligence security law.—Any alien who is subject to a law of any foreign country that requires such alien to provide access to, cooperation with, or support for, the intelligence- gathering activities or operations of such county is deportable.”. <all>
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