[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8903 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8903

   To direct the Secretary of State to revoke the visa of any alien 
   admitted to the United States under section 101(a)(15)(F) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act who has been convicted of assault in a 
            police officer or an offense related to rioting.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 28, 2024

Mr. Pfluger (for himself, Mr. Bergman, Mr. Balderson, Mr. Edwards, Mr. 
    Nehls, Mr. Lawler, Mr. Stauber, and Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To direct the Secretary of State to revoke the visa of any alien 
   admitted to the United States under section 101(a)(15)(F) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act who has been convicted of assault in a 
            police officer or an offense related to rioting.

    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 ``UProot Rioting International 
Students Engaged in Radical Subversion Act'' or the ``UPRISERS Act''.

SEC. 2. REVOCATION OF STUDENT VISAS FOR ASSAULTING A POLICE OFFICER AND 
              RIOTING.

    The Secretary of State shall revoke the visa of any alien admitted 
to the United States under section 101(a)(15)(F), (J), or (M) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(F), (J), (M)) who 
has been convicted of--
            (1) assaulting a police officer; or
            (2) an offense related to rioting, including--
                    (A) inciting a riot;
                    (B) organizing, promoting, encouraging, 
                participating in, or carrying on a riot;
                    (C) committing any act of violence in furtherance 
                of a riot; or
                    (D) aiding or abetting any person in inciting or 
                participating in or carrying on a riot or committing 
                any act of violence in furtherance of a riot.

SEC. 3. DEPORTABILITY OF STUDENT VISA HOLDERS FOR ASSAULTING A POLICE 
              OFFICER AND RIOTING.

    Section 237(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1227(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(G) Student visa holders who assault a police 
                officer or rioting.--Any alien admitted to the United 
                States under section 101(a)(15)(F), (J), or (M) who has 
                been convicted of--
                            ``(i) assaulting a police officer; or
                            ``(ii) an offense related to rioting, 
                        including--
                                    ``(I) inciting a riot;
                                    ``(II) organizing, promoting, 
                                encouraging, participating in, or 
                                carrying on a riot;
                                    ``(III) committing any act of 
                                violence in furtherance of a riot; or
                                    ``(IV) aiding or abetting any 
                                person in inciting or participating in 
                                or carrying on a riot or committing any 
                                act of violence in furtherance of a 
                                riot,
                is deportable.''.
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