[Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 9605 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9605 To provide that any foreign government official who engages in censorship of American speech is inadmissible and deportable. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 16, 2024 Mr. Issa (for himself and Ms. Salazar) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To provide that any foreign government official who engages in censorship of American speech is inadmissible and deportable. 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 ``No Censors on our Shores Act''. SEC. 2. INADMISSIBILITY AND DEPORTABILITY RELATED TO CENSORING SPEECH. (a) Inadmissibility.--Section 212(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(J) Censorship.--Any alien who, while serving as a foreign government official, was responsible for or directly carried out, at any time, any act against a United States citizen located in the United States that, if committed by a United States government official in the United States, would violate the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, is inadmissible.''. (b) Deportability.--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) Censorship.--Any alien who, while serving as a foreign government official, was responsible for or directly carried out, at any time, any act against a United States citizen located in the United States that, if committed by a United States government official in the United States, would violate the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, is deportable.''. <all>